01246nam a22001457a 4500999001900000008004100019100004800060245011400108260003300222300003400255520066200289773003300951942000700984952010900991  c533249d533249260505b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a Korada, Pavan and  Sen, Raj Shekhar960371  aWhat does intelligence excuse?: Chomsky, Epstein, and the ‘necessary illusions’ of the intellectual class  aEconomic & Political Weekly   a61(16), Apr 18, 2026: p.13-17  aNoam Chomsky’s repeated ties to Jeffrey Epstein challenge his moral authority. Chomsky’s defence—which relies on legal formalism and a “clean slate”—contradicts his lifelong critique of systemic power. He fails to recognise the political nature of private predation due to a Cartesian rationalism that privileges abstract intellect over embodied suffering. The article proposes a “resource extraction” model for Chomsky’s legacy: retain his analytical tools but reject the intellectual bewitchment shielding the powerful from accountability. –Reproduced 

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