position:linguist and activist

Web Exclusive: Noam Chomsky In Conversation With French Filmmaker Michel Gondry | Democracy Now!
▻http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2013/12/3/web_exclusive_noam_chomsky_in_conversation_with

At the world premiere of the new documentary “Is The Man Who Is Tall Happy?” in New York City, filmmaker Michel Gondy sat down with the subject of the film, Noam Chomsky, the world-renowned linguist and activist. The discussion took place on November 21 at the DOC NYC Festival. The discussion was moderated by Anthony Arnove.

“““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““
Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?: Quand Gondry rencontre Chomsky
Par Victor Garcia (LEXPRESS.fr), publié le 28/11/2013
▻http://www.lexpress.fr/culture/cinema/is-the-man-who-is-tall-happy-quand-gondry-rencontre-chomsky_1303333.html

Dans une vidéo publiée sur le site du New York Times, Michel Gondry commente plusieurs scènes de son « documentaire animé » Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy ?, une discussion avec le philosophe américain Noam Chomsky.

Now online: the historic Chomsky (EN) - Foucault (FR) debate (& EN subtitles) | ROAR Magazine
▻http://roarmag.org/2013/05/chomsky-foucault-debate-full-video-subtitles

▻https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_sCRdF2tVI

(With full transcript of the debate)

In 1971, with the Vietnam war in full swing and radical social movements destabilizing the social, political and cultural order throughout the Western world, Dutch philosopher Fons Elders invited two of the world’s leading thinkers — the American linguist and activist Noam Chomsky and the French social theorist Michel Foucault — to debate a thorny and perennial question: is there such a thing as an “innate” human nature, and if so, what are its implications for our ideas about power, justice, revolution, and the shape of the ideal human society?

#philosophie #philosophy #debate #Gespräch #discours