[lbo-talk] Re: fundraiser

[Doug Henwood]

There was an article in NLR long ago that aruged, as I remember, that 
the link between NC's linguistics & politics was his belief in a deep 
structure of human rationality. Lies by politicians and the media can 
confuse that structure, which is why truth-telling is important: 
clear away the lies, and truth will win out.

Doug

Michael Dawson -PSU wrote:


>Mike, Chomsky has denied such a connection about 50-thousand times.
>Personally, I agree with his logic:  You don't have to be eminent in
>linguistics to make sense of U.S. foreign and domestic policy.  Cheers,
>another Mike
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Michael Catolico" <mcatolico at mindspring.com>
>To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org>
>Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 6:53 PM
>Subject: [lbo-talk] Re: fundraiser
>
>
>>  how about a question for Chomsky  that asks about how his scholarly
>>  accomplishments intersect with his social & political analyses.
>>  something along the lines of: Dr. Chomsky, you are a preeminent scholar
>>  and researcher of linguistic theory as well as a world renowned critic
>>  of social injustice. Can you discuss how these seemingly disconnected
>>  intellectual worlds are related and how your insights into either
>>  subject has informed the other?
>>
>>  michael catolico
>>
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