Public Intellectuals

The result of the Prospect/Foreign Policy poll for the top public intellectuals is announced today. The winner is Noam Chomsky, followed by Umberto Eco, Richard Dawkins, Vaclav Havel and Christopher Hitchens. A jocular comment from The Sunday Times is here. The November issue of Prospect will be published later this week; it includes an article by Robin Blackburn of New Left Review on why Chomsky is a splendid choice, and one from me on why he isn't.

More on Chomsky through this week.