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Decoding Chomsky :

(Number (ISBN

0300222157

(Number (ISBN

9780300222159

Erroneous ISBN

0300221460

Erroneous ISBN

9780300221466

Title Proper

Decoding Chomsky :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

science and revolutionary politics /

First Statement of Responsibility

Chris Knight.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New Haven, CT :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Yale University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[2016]

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xiv, 285 pages)

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-276) and index.

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The revolutionary -- The language machine -- A man of his time -- The most hideous institution on this earth -- The cognitive revolution -- The Tower of Babel -- The Pentagon's 'new tower' -- Machine translation : the great folly -- A universal alphabet of sounds -- Russian formalist roots -- Incantation by laughter -- Tatlin's tower -- An instinct for freedom -- The linguistics wars -- Between colliding tectonic plates -- The escapologist -- The soul mutation -- Carburettor and other innate concepts -- A scientific revolution? -- Mindless activism, tongue-tied science -- Chomsky's tower -- Before language -- The human revolution.

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A fresh and fascinating look at the philosophies, politics, and intellectual legacy of one of the twentieth century's most influential and controversial minds Occupying a pivotal position in postwar thought, Noam Chomsky is both the founder of modern linguistics and the world's most prominent political dissident. Chris Knight adopts an anthropologist's perspective on the twin output of this intellectual giant, acclaimed as much for his denunciations of US foreign policy as for his theories about language and mind. Knight explores the social and institutional context of Chomsky's thinking, showing how the tension between military funding and his role as linchpin of the political left pressured him to establish a disconnect between science on the one hand and politics on the other, deepening a split between mind and body characteristic of Western philosophy since the Enlightenment. Provocative, fearless, and engaging, this remarkable study explains the enigma of one of the greatest intellectuals of our time.

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OverDrive, Inc.

Stock Number

667C12E1-97DB-46EF-9519-14AAF6B5C816

Title

Decoding Chomsky.

International Standard Book Number

0300221460

Chomsky, Noam-- Criticism and interpretation.

Chomsky, Noam.

LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES-- Linguistics-- Historical & Comparative.

LAN-- 009010

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Edition

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Book number

Knight, Chris,1942-

Date of Transaction

20200822100620.0

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pn

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[Book]

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