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OverviewThis book offers a careful and measured response to Noam Chomsky's criticism against deconstructive theories of language. The author reveals the connections between Chomsky's linguistic theories and politics by demonstrating their shared philosophical basis. Full Product DetailsAuthor: C. WisePublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.390kg ISBN: 9780230110823ISBN 10: 0230110827 Pages: 196 Publication Date: 10 January 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Politics of Unconscious Knowledge Cerebral Hermeneutics The Ungiven-Given Locke's Misreading of Descartes and Other Fairy Tales Identity Politics and The Pedagogy of CompetenceReviewsChomsky makes very harsh assessments of the scholarship of people like Derrida, and Wise does a good job of showing that it is not simply that deconstructionist theorists 'write gibberish,' but that they hold views that challenge many of Chomsky's basic philosophical assumptions. This book places Chomsky in the history of Western philosophy and shows why the linguists influenced by Chomsky would do well to pay more attention to what is happening in critical theory today, outside the more narrowly defined field of generative theoretical linguistics. - Fallou Ngom, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of the African Language Program, Boston University <p>“Chomsky makes very harsh assessments of the scholarship of people like Derrida, and Wise does a good job of showing that it is not simply that deconstructionist theorists ‘write gibberish,’ but that they hold views that challenge many of Chomsky’s basic philosophical assumptions. This book places Chomsky in the history of western philosophy and shows why some linguists who are influenced by Chomsky would do well to pay more attention to what is happening in critical theory today, outside the more narrowly defined field of generative theoretical linguistics.”--Fallou Ngom, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of the African Language Program, Boston University Author InformationCHRISTOPHER WISE Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Western Washington University, USA. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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