Burkini Bans, New Atheism and State Worship: Noam Chomsky on Religion in Politics. (Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Religion and politics have often marched hand-in-hand in the course of human affairs.
In this latest interview, leading public intellectual and father of modern linguistics Noam Chomsky shares his views about religion and its link to politics, with particular reference to American society and the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Chomsky also offers his perspective on the "New Atheism" movement and assesses the claim that knowledge and reality are simply socially constructed artifacts. C. J. Noam Chomsky: The general picture is quite ugly and too familiar to recount. There were, of course, earlier roots and counterparts in many Protestant denominations, including evangelical Christians. The US launched a virtual war against the Church, most dramatically in Central America in the 1980s. The US military takes pride in helping to destroy the dangerous heresy that adopted "the preferential option for the poor," the message of the Gospels. Un nouvel essai de Noam Chomsky, Qu'est-ce que le bien commun ?
[1] Wilhelm von Humboldt, De la sphère et des devoirs du gouvernement, cité dans John Stuart Mill, De la liberté, Paris, Guillaumin, 1864, p.v. [2] Adam Smith, Enquête sur la nature et les causes de la richesse des nations, t. 2, Paris, Presses universitaires de France, 1995, p. 877 et 879. [3] Adam Smith, Théorie des sentiments moraux, Paris, Presses universitaires de France, 2003, p. 23 et 24 ; « vilemaxime » : Smith, Enquête sur la nature et les causes de larichesse des nations, op. cit., t. 1, p. 471. [4] Rudolf Rocker, Théorie et pratique de l’anarchosyndicalisme, Bruxelles, Aden, 2011, p. 52-53 et 181. [5] Nathan Schneider, « Introduction : Anarcho-Curious ?
Or, Anarchist America », dans Noam Chomsky, On Anarchism, New York, New Press, 2013, p. xi. [6] Rocker, Théorie et pratique de l’anarchosyndicalisme, op. cit., p. 31 et 108 ; Michel Bakounine, cité dans ibid., p.103. [8] John H. . [13] Kaiser Health Tracking Poll, avril 2009. . [26] Christopher Hill, Le monde à l’envers. The Top 100 Books Referenced by Noam Chomsky. Noam Chomsky on ISIS. Noam Chomsky Masters Mankind. Chris Hedges Interviews Noam Chomsky (1/3) Chris Hedges Interviews Noam Chomsky (2/3) Chris Hedges Interviews Noam Chomsky (3/3) Noam Chomsky (June, 2013) on the NSA, Privacy, Google glass and other topics. Noam Chomsky's Favorite Books. Noam Chomsky (2014) "A Life of Dissent" [NEW!] How Many Books Has Noam Chomsky Written? Interview with Noam Chomsky (2003) Hugo Chavez's Death and Legacy (April 10, 2013) Noam Chomsky (April, 2013) Interview (Hugo Chavez's death, Pope, and other topics)
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