The writer and linguist, who articulated a solid reflection on the different expressions of American imperialism, died at the age of 95 after suffering a stroke.
Tuesday June 18, 2024 3:35 p.m.
The American writer, philosopher and political scientist of Jewish origin Noam Chomsky died this Tuesday at the age of 95. had suffered a stroke a year ago and, since then, he was convalescing in a medical center in São Paulo, Brazil.
Born in Philadelphia, on December 7, 1928, into a family of Russian and Ukrainian Jewish immigrants, developed his interest in thought with an intellectual father, William Chomsky, a scholar of the Hebrew language. From his youth, in his years as a student at the University of Pennsylvania, he became interested in subjects of philosophy and linguistics.
Professor emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), he is one of the most prominent figures in 20th century linguistics, thanks to his work in linguistic theory and cognitive science. He is also recognized for his political activism, characterized by a strong criticism of contemporary capitalism and the foreign policy of the United States. He is considered to have libertarian socialist thinking. The New York Times has designated him as “the most important of contemporary intellectuals.”.
Towards the end of the fifties, in the midst of the Cold War, Chomsky began to stand out with his first publications.s, especially for his famous study Syntactic structures, in which he proposed a critique of what was understood as the language acquisition model, based on the principles of structuralism and behavioral psychology. Furthermore, in another groundbreaking idea, he proposed the existence of a universal grammar, that is, that in the human species, there are general abstract principles of grammar. This theory forever changed our understanding of human language.
His activism led him to oppose the wars in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistanand to support human rights and causes such as the anti-globalization movement and Palestinian rights.
In an interview published in 2019 by El Mostrador, in the midst of the social outbreak, Chosmky noted that “What happens in Chile does not surprise me at all. These are the consequences that were perfectly foreseeable after the neoliberal assault on the population in the last 40 years, constantly verified throughout the world. In the United States, for example, 0.1 percent of the population now owns more than 20 percent of the wealth, half the population has negative net worth, real wages are almost the same as 40 years ago, so For the first time in a century, mortality is increasing, mainly among whites of working age and a long etcetera.”
The American writer, philosopher and political scientist of Jewish origin Noam Chomsky died this Tuesday at the age of 95. had suffered a stroke a year ago and, since then, he was convalescing in a medical center in São Paulo, Brazil.
Born in Philadelphia, on December 7, 1928, into a family of Russian and Ukrainian Jewish immigrants, developed his interest in thought with an intellectual father, William Chomsky, a scholar of the Hebrew language. From his youth, in his years as a student at the University of Pennsylvania, he became interested in subjects of philosophy and linguistics.
Professor emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), he is one of the most prominent figures in 20th century linguistics, thanks to his work in linguistic theory and cognitive science. He is also recognized for his political activism, characterized by a strong criticism of contemporary capitalism and the foreign policy of the United States. He is considered to have libertarian socialist thinking. The New York Times has designated him as “the most important of contemporary intellectuals.”.
Towards the end of the fifties, in the midst of the Cold War, Chomsky began to stand out with his first publications.s, especially for his famous study Syntactic structures, in which he proposed a critique of what was understood as the language acquisition model, based on the principles of structuralism and behavioral psychology. Furthermore, in another groundbreaking idea, he proposed the existence of a universal grammar, that is, that in the human species, there are general abstract principles of grammar. This theory forever changed our understanding of human language.
His activism led him to oppose the wars in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistanand to support human rights and causes such as the anti-globalization movement and Palestinian rights.
In an interview published in 2019 by El Mostrador, in the midst of the social outbreak, Chosmky noted that “What happens in Chile does not surprise me at all. These are the consequences that were perfectly foreseeable after the neoliberal assault on the population in the last 40 years, constantly verified throughout the world. In the United States, for example, 0.1 percent of the population now owns more than 20 percent of the wealth, half the population has negative net worth, real wages are almost the same as 40 years ago, so For the first time in a century, mortality is increasing, mainly among whites of working age and a long etcetera.”
The American writer, philosopher and political scientist of Jewish origin Noam Chomsky died this Tuesday at the age of 95. had suffered a stroke a year ago and, since then, he was convalescing in a medical center in São Paulo, Brazil.
Born in Philadelphia, on December 7, 1928, into a family of Russian and Ukrainian Jewish immigrants, developed his interest in thought with an intellectual father, William Chomsky, a scholar of the Hebrew language. From his youth, in his years as a student at the University of Pennsylvania, he became interested in subjects of philosophy and linguistics.
Professor emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), he is one of the most prominent figures in 20th century linguistics, thanks to his work in linguistic theory and cognitive science. He is also recognized for his political activism, characterized by a strong criticism of contemporary capitalism and the foreign policy of the United States. He is considered to have libertarian socialist thinking. The New York Times has designated him as “the most important of contemporary intellectuals.”.
Towards the end of the fifties, in the midst of the Cold War, Chomsky began to stand out with his first publications.s, especially for his famous study Syntactic structures, in which he proposed a critique of what was understood as the language acquisition model, based on the principles of structuralism and behavioral psychology. Furthermore, in another groundbreaking idea, he proposed the existence of a universal grammar, that is, that in the human species, there are general abstract principles of grammar. This theory forever changed our understanding of human language.
His activism led him to oppose the wars in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistanand to support human rights and causes such as the anti-globalization movement and Palestinian rights.
In an interview published in 2019 by El Mostrador, in the midst of the social outbreak, Chosmky noted that “What happens in Chile does not surprise me at all. These are the consequences that were perfectly foreseeable after the neoliberal assault on the population in the last 40 years, constantly verified throughout the world. In the United States, for example, 0.1 percent of the population now owns more than 20 percent of the wealth, half the population has negative net worth, real wages are almost the same as 40 years ago, so For the first time in a century, mortality is increasing, mainly among whites of working age and a long etcetera.”
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