Book Overview
Noam Chomsky has made major contributions to three fields: political history and analysis, linguistics, and the philosophies of mind, language, and human nature. In this thoroughly revised and updated... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0745618871
ISBN13:9780745618876
Release Date:November 1999
Publisher:Polity Press
Length:274 Pages
Weight:1.28 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"
Customer Reviews
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Solid overview of many of Chomsky's ideas
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
This book gives a good overview of much of Chomsky's life work in linguistics, philosophy and politics. What it is not is an introduction into those topics, but neither is it written in a style that is overly academic. McGilvray seeks to integrate Chomsky's linguistic and political work somewhat and with a small amount of success, suggesting that they are intertwined and of course they are to a vague degree. That angle is interesting in its own way, but luckily the author does not force his hypothesis too much, instead he does a rather good job of overviewing and summarizing the main emphases of Chomsky's work in a cohesive and enlightening fashion. Probably not a necessary read for those who have read a lot of Chomsky's own works in both fields, but for those who haven't, or for people who simply enjoy reading in politics, philosophy and/or linguistics this book should make for interesting study.
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