Chomsky on Anarchism
“That is what I have always understood to be the essence of anarchism: the conviction that the burden of proof has to be placed on authority, and that it should be dismantled if that burden cannot be met.”
Noam Chomsky on “What is Anarchism?”
Four thoughts: I love “what is X” questions. “Widening the bars of the cage” is the most succinct way I can articulate my orientation to political questions. Claiming Dewey as a proto-anarchist would be a wonderful intellectual move It would also be a terrific rejoinder to the self-indulgent liberalism of Richard Rorty
Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? An animated conversation with Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky Calls Postmodern Critiques of Science Over-Inflated “Polysyllabic Truisms”
A couple of weeks ago Open Culture posted a great video featuring an interview with Chomsky being rather scathing about Žižek and Lacan. Today they’ve posted another one where Chomsky discusses the political implications of post-structuralist thought in equally scathing fashion. I was amused by the abuse that was directed at […]
