Chomsky-Foucault Debate: On Human Nature
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 Edlers to debate an age-old question: is there such a thing as "innate" human nature independent of our experiences and external influences?
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Chomsky-Foucault Debate: On Human Nature
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 Edlers to debate an age-old question: is there such a thing as "innate" human nature independent of our experiences and external influences?
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Chomsky-Foucault Debate: On Human Nature

Chomsky-Foucault Debate: On Human Nature

Chomsky-Foucault Debate: On Human Nature

Chomsky-Foucault Debate: On Human Nature

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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 Edlers to debate an age-old question: is there such a thing as "innate" human nature independent of our experiences and external influences?

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ISBN-13: 9781595581341
Publisher: New Press, The
Publication date: 09/13/2006
Pages: 213
Sales rank: 66,073
Product dimensions: 5.24(w) x 7.38(h) x 0.64(d)

About the Author

Noam Chomsky is Professor of Linguistics at MIT and a world-renowned political thinker and activist. The author of numerous books, including On Language and Understanding Power (both available from The New Press), he lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Michel Foucault (1926-84) held a chair in the History of Systems of Thought at the Collège de France. The New Press has published three previous volumes of his work as well as a collection, The Essential Foucault. John Rajchman is a professor of philosophy at Columbia University and author of Michel Foucault. He lives in New York City.

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"[Chomsky is] arguably the most important intellectual alive."
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