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Chomsky on democracy & education

Title
Chomsky on democracy & education / Noam Chomsky ; edited by C.P. Otero.
Author
Chomsky, Noam.
Publication
New York : RoutledgeFalmer, 2003.
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Otero, Carlos Peregrín, 1930-
Description
xvi, 480 pages; 24 cm
Series Statement
Social theory, education, and cultural change
Uniform Title
Social theory, education, and cultural change.
Alternative Title
Chomsky on democracy and education
Subjects
Genre/Form
Interview (Descripteur de forme)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-464) and index.
Contents
Chomsky's education-for-democracy: enlightenment mental growth -- Democarcy and education -- Science: the genetic endowment -- Things no amount of learning can teach -- Language as a key to human nature and society -- A really new way of looking at language -- Perspectives on language and mind -- Anthropology: the cultural environment (vision and reality) -- Rationality/science and post-this-or-that -- Equality: language development, human intelligence and social organization -- Two conceptions of social organization -- Some tasks for responsible people -- Toward a humanistic conception of education -- The function of the university in a time of crisis -- Scholarship and commitment, then and now -- The mechanisms and practices of indoctrination -- The task of the media: Central America as a test case -- Propoganda and control of the public mind -- Prospects for democracy -- The educational institutions -- Some thoughts on intellectuals and the schools -- The responsibility of a university community -- Remarks before the MIT Commission on MIT Education -- Two roles of the American university -- The universities and the corporations -- Language in the classroom -- Some observations on the teaching of language -- Language theory and language teaching -- Our understanding of language and the curriculum -- Language theory and language use -- Language, politics and composition.
Call Number
JFE 03-2403
ISBN
  • 0415926319
  • 9780415926317
  • 0415926327
  • 9780415926324
LCCN
2001051058
OCLC
47973384
Author
Chomsky, Noam.
Title
Chomsky on democracy & education / Noam Chomsky ; edited by C.P. Otero.
Imprint
New York : RoutledgeFalmer, 2003.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Social theory, education, and cultural change
Social theory, education, and cultural change.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-464) and index.
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Otero, Carlos Peregrín, 1930-
Research Call Number
JFE 03-2403
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