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Sources Select ResourcesChomsky on Post-ModernismChomsky, Noam Article 1995 What I find in the writings of the post-modernists is extremely pretentious, but on examination, a lot of it is simply illiterate, based on extraordinary misreading of texts that I know well (sometime... The CIA Reads French TheoryOn the Intellectual Labor of Dismantling the Cultural Left Rockhill, Gabriel Article 2017 A recently unclassifed CIA documents reveals that in the 1980s, the agency had its analysts devote substantial time and resources to studying trends in French theory, and specifically, the work that w... The EnlightenmentConnexipedia Article Article A term used to describe a time in Western philosophy and cultural life, centered upon the eighteenth century. Heidegger and National SocialismNew Contributions to an Old Debate - Reviewed by Robin Celikates Celikates, Robin Article 2006 A Marxist History of the World part 45: The EnlightenmentFaulkner, Neil Article 2011 Counterfire What gave the Enlightenment its subversive, politically corrosive character was its critique of institutions and practices which appeared comparatively irrational in the light of modern thinking, argu... Noam Chomsky: 'No individual changes anything alone'Edemariam, Aida Article 2013 Guardian Weekly Noam Chomsky is one of the world's most controversial thinkers. Now 84, he reflects on his life's work, on current events in Syria and Israel, and on the love of his life – his wife. Postmodernism: Paralysed by postmodernismKitching, Gavin Article 2008 The Australian A great deal of "theory" in the humanities and social sciences -- and not just postmodern theory -- involves the creating of a kind of conceptual landscape filled with curious kinds of abstract object... Rationality/ScienceChomsky, Noam Article 1995 Chomsky writes: "It strikes me as remarkable that the left today should seek to deprive oppressed people not only of the joys of understanding and insight, but also of tools of emancipation, informing... Edward Said's shadowy legacyTricky with argument, weak in languages, careless of facts: but, thirty years on, Said still dominates debate Irwin, Robert Article 2008 Times Literary Supplement So many academics want the arguments presented in Edward Said's Orientalism (1978) to be true. It discourages any kind of critical approach to Islam in Middle Eastern studies. Some Elementary Comments on The Rights of Freedom of ExpressionChomsky, Noam Article 1980 It is precisely in the case of horrendous ideas that the right of free expression must be most vigorously defended; it is easy enough to defend free expression for those who require no such defense. Why the French Hate ChomskyJohnstone, Diana Article 2010 CounterPunch Chomsky's criticism is laden with facts, a substance that seems to elicit ennui among contemporary French thinkers. No doubt the importance of the essay in the French educational system has bred a wor... Sources BookshelfAll That Is Solid Melts Into AirThe Experience of Modernity Berman, Marshall Book 1982 Berman examines the clash of classes, histories, and clutures in the modern world, and ponders our prospects for coming to terms with the relationship between a liberating social and philosophical ide... Chomsky for BeginnersCogswell, David; Gordon, Paul Book 1996 An introduction to the life and works of Noam Chomsky. Culture of ComplaintThe Fraying of America Hughes, Robert Book 1993 Propaganda-talk, euphemism, and evasion are so much a part of American usage today that they cross all party lines and ideological divides. The art of not answering the question, of cloaking unpleasan... Dialogues on Cultural StudiesInterviews with Contemporary Critics edited by Xie, Shaobo; Wang, Fengzhen Book 2002 Thirty-three questions were asked (but not necessarily answered) of each participant, dealing with cultural studies, modernity, postmodernism, referentiality, ideology and history, post-colonialism, n... The Ghost in the MachineKoestler, Arthur Book 1967 An analysis of the relationship between reason and imagination. The Secret RingFreud's Innter Circle and the Politics of Psychoanalysis Grosskurth, PHyllis Book 1991 An account of Freud's relationship with the founding circle of the psychoanalytic movement. Telling the TruthSocialist Register 2006 Panitch, Leo; Keys, Colin (eds.) Book 2005 A collection of essays that examines the difficulties of illuminating the degenerative and secretive nature of public life. |
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