La naturaleza humana: justicia versus poder: Un debate

Por Noam Chomsky y Michel Foucault

En noviembre de 1971, la televisión holandesa transmitió un diálogo entre Noam Chomsky y Michel Foucault, moderado por Fons Elders, que se inscribía en la serie de encuentros organizados por el International Philosophers Project. Ya en la presentación del encuentro, y anticipando lo que posiblemente ocurriría, Elders caracterizó a los oponentes como -dos obreros que estuviesen perforando un túnel en una montaña, cada uno desde un lado opuesto, con instrumentos diferentes, y sin saber si se encontrarán-.

• Idioma: Español
• Editorial: Katz Editores
• Fecha de lanzamiento: 1 feb 2006
• ISBN: 9789871283248

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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Comentarios para La naturaleza humana

[et.carole · Calificación: 3 de 5 estrellas]

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.

[sashame-485567 · Calificación: 3 de 5 estrellas]

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

[dcunning11235 · Calificación: 2 de 5 estrellas]

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.

[ethorelli_1 · Calificación: 3 de 5 estrellas]

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.