This book offers a careful and measured response to Noam Chomsky's criticism against deconstructive theories of language. The author reveals the connections between Chomsky's linguistic theories and politics by demonstrating their shared philosophical basis.

Autorentext
CHRISTOPHER WISE Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Western Washington University, USA.

Inhalt
Introduction: The Politics of Unconscious Knowledge Cerebral Hermeneutics The Ungiven-Given Locke's Misreading of Descartes and Other Fairy Tales Identity Politics and The Pedagogy of Competence