I'm just stupid and illiterate, boo-hoo.

(Edited by charolastra at 11:08 pm on Sep. 29, 2005)

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I freedom kiss the French for their political dissent

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 The Chomsky Reader by James Peck(editor), Noam Chomsky

Good stuff.

(Edited by jakelong at 4:42 pm on Oct. 1, 2005)

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"Everyone helpin' each other whenever they can we makin' it happen, from nothin' to somethin'
That's how we be survivin'" - BEP

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Quote: from ziophilosi at 1:52 am on Oct. 1, 2005

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The Chomsky Reader by James Peck(editor), Noam Chomsky  
 
Good stuff.

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 Indeed, so far. I bought the book in December of 2004 and just started it. Chomsky (his analysis of politics particularly) has been of interest to me since about the end of 2003 and I wanted to read an overview/introduction to his work and this fit the bill. I've read alot of Chomsky online and would like to read all of his books. He has sixty-some on politics alone, so that will take a pretty long time. Have you read any of his other books?

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Insanity - a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world - R.D. Laing

It's been a goodly while since I've read anything of analytical merit at the moment, thought. I think I'm a bit rusty on my Chomsky. I'll have to do some (re) reading soon.

What sparked your interest in his work?  

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I haven't read nearly as much by him as I'd like to. The most recent of his work that I've read is Hegemony or Survival , which is fantastic and not nearly as hard to find as his other works (here, at least). In the past, I've also read On Nature and Language, which was incredible and worth the effort to find, and Power and Terror.

It's been a goodly while since I've read anything of analytical merit at the moment, thought. I think I'm a bit rusty on my Chomsky. I'll have to do some (re) reading soon.  

What sparked your interest in his work?  

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 An interest in science, particularly the cognitive sciences. Chomsky was mentioned in various articles, books, and such that I was reading. Via google, wikipedia and such I found out more about him and hence discovered his analysis of U.S. foreign and domestic policy.

 Reading some of his stuff then sparked my interest due to its very critical nature. Up to then I hadn't seen any critical material concerning the United State's foreign policy as a whole and I thoght it important to read such a position. For me Chomsky's commentary simply seemed like an extension of critical thinking and enquiry as applied in philsophy and the sciences.

 The effort Chomsky puts forth in commenting on politics and his stature as a major intellectual caused(and causes) me to take his work seriously and reading up on the history of American foreign policy seemed to confirm his commentaries. In my own interest in history and politics I am only looking to apply the same sort of rational mode of enquiry that is  used in science and philosophy.

 Through knowing the wrongs commited by the U.S. around the world and those commited within the U.S. I can put the wrongs currently taking place in the proper context. Really through studying such matters I hope to be able to pressure this government and country to change for the better. I can't have much influce on my own, but in being knowledgable about U.S. domestic and foreign affairs I can (possibly) get others to exert pressure also and with enough people doing so a positive restructuring of U.S. policy and gov't can happen.

 And how is it you became interested in Chomsky?
 
 


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Insanity - a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world - R.D. Laing