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    The Chomsky - Foucault Debate: On Human Nature

    By Noam Chomsky and Michel Foucault

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    In 1971, at the height of the Vietnam War and at a time of great political and social instability, two of the world’s leading intellectuals, Noam Chomsky and Michel Foucault, were invited by Dutch philosopher Fons Elders to debate an age-old question: is there such a thing as innate” human nature independent of our experiences and external influences?

    The resulting dialogue is one of the most original, provocative, and spontaneous exchanges to have occurred between contemporary philosophers, and above all serves as a concise introduction to their basic theories. What begins as a philosophical argument rooted in linguistics (Chomsky) and the theory of knowledge (Foucault), soon evolves into a broader discussion encompassing a wide range of topics, from science, history, and behaviorism to creativity, freedom, and the struggle for justice in the realm of politics.

    In addition to the debate itself, this volume features a newly written introduction by noted Foucault scholar John Rajchman and includes substantial additional texts by Chomsky and Foucault.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe New Press
    Release dateSep 13, 2006
    ISBN9781595586575
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    Noam Chomsky

    Noam Chomsky was born in Philadelphia in 1928 and studied at the university of Pennsylvania. Known as one of the principal founders of transformational-generative grammar, he later emerged as a critic of American politics. He wrote and lectured widely on linguistics, philosophy, intellectual history, contemporary issues. He is now a Professor of Linguistics at MIT, and the author of over 150 books.

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    • 2/5
      Chomsky's parts are interesting, if revealing of his always tendentious reasoning. (Something he is not doubt neither shy nor regretful about, nor unaware of.) This is problematic in a few passages where he seems to pretty blatantly assume what is to be proven, etc. But he makes some intersting points.

      Focault... why is this guy so famous? He can't communicate clearly. He wanders all over without ever really making a point, continually begging off, continually hedging. Where he takes a stand it is to say, essentially, might makes right. As long as "right" people are powerful... maybe... except maybe not... but might does make right... sort of.

      Now, let me spend 25 pages talking about shepherds, as explanation, history and analogy (you, reader, attempt to choose in what mix) for what could have been said in a page and a half.

      Bleh.
    • 3/5
      This is a transcription of the debate between Noam Chomsky and Michel Foucault. Though the title seems general enough, the debate is highly specialized, and probably only understandable to those trained in both modern and postmodern (post-structuralist) linguistics and postmodern philosophy, especially social thought. The video of the debates can also be found on various sites around the internet; I think youtube/google video has the full debate. Kind of confusing, since Chomsky speaks in English and Foucault in French. Two powerhouses though, that's for sure.
    • 3/5
      an awkward debate. mostly chomsky misunderstanding foucault, and foucault attempting to find some common concerns to speak to. foucault develops an interesting conception of a "grille" that filters generational mentalities, and has a good quip abt the proletariat seizing power, but thats abt it in terms of interesting material
    • 3/5
      An interesting debate to be sure. As a whole, this book felt more like footnotes, or a dinner discussion; nothing was decided and nothing tied the debate and the other interviews in the book together. The most useful part of the book was that Foucault gave some solid historical evidence for things that he cites a lot in his better-known stuff that I had to read in college.