by Noam Chomsky · Pantheon Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780394426501
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«Language and Responsibility» is Noam Chomsky's essay, published by Pantheon Books in paperback (212 pages, in English).
In dialogue with Mitsou Ronat, Chomsky combines his roles as linguist and political critic around the relationship between language and responsibility. He reviews generative grammar, the role of intellectuals in the United States, behaviorism, and foreign policy, with episodes such as Watergate, and defends rationalism against empiricism.
Translated from the French by John Viertel; original work: Dialogues avec Mitsou Ronat. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Suitable for readers of philosophy, linguistics, and political thought, as well as for anyone wanting an introduction to Noam Chomsky's thinking.
Avram Noam Chomsky is an American intellectual, philosopher, linguist, political activist, and social critic. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics", Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy and one of the founders of the field of cognitive science. He is a laureate professor of linguistics at the University of Arizona and an institute professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Among the most cited living authors, Chomsky has written more than 150 books on topics such as linguistics, war, and politics. In addition to his work in linguistics, since the 1960s, Chomsky has been an influential voice on the American Left as a consistent critic of the foreign policy of the United States, contemporary capitalism, and corporatocracy.
