“(Chomsky is] arguably the most important intellectual alive.” THE NEW YORK TIMES tk CHOMSKY- FOUCAULT ebate ON HUMAN NATURE “Foucault... leaves no reader untouched or unchanged.” EDWARD SAID 1M 1971, AT THE HEIGHT OF THE VIETNAM WAR AND AT A TIME OF _gteat political and social instability, two of the world's keadfing intellectuals, Noam Chommeky ant! Mictel Foucault, were invited by Dutch philosopher Fons Eiferstolehate an age-old questo: tr sucha thing as “innate” human nature indeperdent of our experiences and enteral influences? ‘The resulting diatogue is ane of the most original, provocative, and spontansous BKChariges ‘to have occurred between contemporary philosophers, and above ail serves as a concise Intro: dletion wo their basic theories. What begins 25a phisophical argument rooted in ingtic ant the theory of knowledge soon evolves into a broader disc encompassing a wide range of topics from science, history, and behaviorism ta creativity, freedom, andthe struggle fr jutton inthe realm of politics. naddtion tothe debote itsel, this volume features a new foreword ly ‘Columbia University phitosopy professor John Rejchman and includes substantial adie) texts by Chomsky and Foucault. NOAM CHOMSKY is Institute Protessor MICHEL FOUCAULT (1926-1 ) heli NOAM CHOMSKY ano MICHEL FOUCAULT FOREWORD BY JOHN RAJCHMAN ‘emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a world-renowned political thinker and activist. He is the author of ‘humerous books, including On Language and Understanding Power (bath avaitable from The New Press). wenuenenprets.cor chair in the Mistary of Systems of Thought at the College de France, The New Press fa ‘published three major volumes at his Work # weil as a collection, The Essential Foucault Mh iii Tl T cETHE CHOMSKY-FOUCAULT DEBATEThe Chomsky-Foucault Debate ON HUMAN NATURE Noam Chomsky and Michel Foucault