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The Chomsky-Foucault Debate On Human Nature.(Brief article)(Book review)
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July 1, 2007
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The Chomsky-Foucault Debate On Human Nature
Noam Chomsky and Michel Foucault
The New Press
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The Chomsky-Foucault Debate On Human Nature collects and presents an integral debate held between two of the world's top intellectuals, Noam Chomsky and Michel Foucault, held in 1971 (during the height of the Vietnam War) to wrestle wi...
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