The Ideas of Chomsky-BBC interview (4)

A segment I find bafflingly brilliant and hilarious in that the example given Chomsky turns into a full scale discussion and examination of 18th and 20th century classical music and tonal theory.
This is why I enjoy his interviews so much he always is full of wonderfully obscure information.

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News & Politics

Tags:

• Noam
• Chomsky
• Linguistics
• Generative
• Grammar
• Libertarian
• Socialism

[genesisplan]

Without a doubt this interview truly show Chomsky's genius :-)

[fedeman2]

i'm really glad that he rejects empiricism. proof that he is realistic and serious.

[Jason011987]

Arnold Schoenberg was to conventional harmony what Friedrich Nietzsche was to God.

[ClintDeVille]

@Raysyedrocks

"Men of Ideas" The host is Bryan Magee.

[Raysyedrocks]

Do anyone know which talk show this is?

[SeedsofJoy]

I wish he would talk about his work in linguistics rather than all that political stuff he seems more preoccupied with nowadays.

[jerryhello100]

@fedeman2 absolutely. 

[FinishTheNewLine]

@mxdblessing There are lots of reasons why music isn't considered language. Fundamentally I would start with the fact that we don't use the same areas of the brain when listening to either music or speech.

[ColdCypher]

@fedeman2 Are you a person of faith?

[castano2001]

What is he saying at 2:18 about the substantial difference of the two children of the same day?? Had to go to work and didn't have the time to re-listen the discussion :'(

[dronbod]

This interview could not be shown today because, as Chomsky himself points out, all television channels, including the BBC, along with all newspapers, including so-called left-of-centre papers (like the Guardian) are run by profit-motivated boards and establishment-oriented trusts. Only programme-makers and journalists who support shows and articles which are PROvEN to appeal to advertisers, governments and sufficiently large numbers of consumers can get promoted in such a system.