Hi David,
Where can one read more about this? Is it only in Lecercle's 'The Violence of Language' or is his critique of Chomsky available somewhere online?
On 2010/03/05 9:07 AM, David McInerney wrote:
Where can one read more about this? Is it only in Lecercle's 'The Violence of Language' or is his critique of Chomsky available somewhere online?
On 2010/03/05 9:07 AM, David McInerney wrote:
Jean-Jacques Lecercle identifies 'four harmful characteristics' in
Chomsky's theory of language: methodological individualism,
fetishism, the refusal of history, and naturalism. Each of these
would seem to relate to Chomsky's
innatism, the defence of which - together with the defence of the
idea of 'free association' - seems to be the raison d'être for
Chomsky's steadfast adherence to theoretical humanism in the face of
Foucault's critique.