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Reflections on Language is a 1975 book in which MIT linguist Noam Chomsky argues for a rationalist approach to human nature.Under this approach, specific capabilities are innate to humans, as opposed to an empiricist approach in which there is no innate human nature but rather a "blank slate" upon which psychological and social forces act. [1]
His 1967 critique of U.S. involvement, "The Responsibility of Intellectuals", among other contributions to The New York Review of Books, debuted Chomsky as a public dissident. [78] This essay and other political articles were collected and published in 1969 as part of Chomsky's first political book, American Power and the New Mandarins. [79]
In February 2017, on the 50th anniversary of the essay's publication, a conference was held at University College London. [4] In 2019, a book based on this conference was published entitled, The Responsibility of Intellectuals: Reflections by Noam Chomsky and others after 50 years and edited by three Chomsky biographers, Nicholas Allott, Chris Knight and Neil Smith. [5]
The Generative Enterprise Revisited: Discussions with Riny Huybregts, Henk van Riemsdijk, Naoki Fukui, and Mihoko Zushi, with a new foreword by Noam Chomsky. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. (2009). Of Minds and Language: A Dialogue with Noam Chomsky in the Basque Country (edited by
Language and Mind is a 1968 book of three essays on linguistics by Noam Chomsky. An expanded edition in 1972 added three essays and a new preface. An expanded edition in 1972 added three essays and a new preface.
"For Reasons of State 'by Noam Chomsky' (Book Review)". World. 2 (14): 56. ISSN 0049-8009. ProQuest 1312142675. Brogan, Hugh (December 21, 1973). "Playing God in Indo-China". The Times Literary Supplement. No. 3746. pp. 1565– 1566. ISSN 0307-661X. Gale EX1200394819. Collingwood, Christopher (January 1, 1973). "For Reasons of State (Book Review)".
Decoding Chomsky: Science and Revolutionary Politics is a 2016 book by the anthropologist Chris Knight on Noam Chomsky's approach to politics and science. Knight admires Chomsky's politics, but argues that his linguistic theories were influenced in damaging ways by his immersion since the early 1950s in an intellectual culture heavily dominated by US military priorities, an immersion deepened ...
The Linguistics Wars is the title of a 1993 book by Randy A. Harris that closely chronicles the dispute among Chomsky and other significant individuals (George Lakoff and Paul Postal, among others) and also highlights how certain theories evolved and which of their important features have influenced modern-day linguistic theories. [12]