Chomsky 2003

[Miquel Serra]

Well put, Liz!

But also the oblivion  of the rich euro-russian tradition in psychology
and linguistics  is of concern in the evolution of our disciplines. The
magnet of the US style and its diffusion does not correspond to the
value of many contributions.

There is an intriguing question about Chomsky that may be someone can
clarify to me: the apparent contradiction, between his theoretical
postulates and his courageous political ideas and compromise  - his
contribution at the Porto Alegre conference and the other over the years
have my deepest admiration and gratitude -. But it is difficult for me
to understand, from the european political frame of ideologies,  when he
confesses, for exemple,  that he is "nativist because he is anarchist".
I have never well understood this association. Has someone?

Miquel

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Miquel Serra i Raventos
Departament de Psicologia Basica
Divisio de Ciencies de la Salut, Universitat de Barcelona
P. de la Vall d'Hebron 171, 08035 Barcelona, Spain
Tel.  +34 - 93 3125136, Fax.  +34 -  93 402 13 63

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