Noam Chomsky - Wilhelm von Humboldt and Classical Liberalism

Chomsky on Humboldt and classical liberal ideas. Excerpt from "Government in the Future"

[@JP-kp9kh]

This articulates with such clarity everything I have felt for so long as an employee but could find the words to express. Thank you Noam Chomsky.

[@pluckthelivingflowers]

I am so thankful for this speech. Hearing him formalize pretty much everybody’s intuition about the nature of work in our society was so enlightening.

[@baller63800]

another excellent exert of pure logical analysis consistent with rigours consistency of reason and historical perspective

[@JP-kp9kh]

Available in the book “government in the future”

[@greghetelekidis4875]

Absolute brilliance

[@funnyvid96]

i wish my english skills were better

[@DWHAT9000]

+funnyvid96 I'm right there with ya, buddy.

[@CC3GROUNDZERO]

+funnyvid96 It's just practice. I used to have a very hard time understanding spoken English. It got better when I started to watch TV shows and films in English, at first additionally with English subtitles.

[@waldena2851]

sometimes it is not your english. You have to have thought about those issue and have the knowledge of history

[@funnyvid96]

@evolunter are u an american?

[@soma7891]

Does anyone knows at what page is Humboldt saying that?

[@maciej.ratajczak]

11:23 - It presents an anarchist vision, that is appropriate, perhaps to the next stage of industrial society. We can perhaps look forward to a day when these various strands will be brought together within the framework of libertarian socialism, a social form that barely exists today, though its elements can perhaps be perceived. For example in the guarantee of individual rights that has achieved so far its fullest realization, though still tragically flawed, in the western democracies, or in the Israeli kibbutzim, or in the experiments with workers' councils in Yugoslavia, or in an effort to awaken popular consciousness and to create a new involvement in the social process, which is a fundamental element in the third world revolutions, coexisting uneasily with indefensible authoritarian practice.

[@naldebol]

I need the transcript, please !!

[@naldebol]

***** I am very very grateful for your response ! BTW, I don't see the problem with links. I have done that before.

[@TheAvapssia]

+Donart Thanks very much

[@russellgeorgewebster]

Government in the future - Noam Chomsky libcom.org/library/government-future-noam-chomsky

[@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885]

Chomsky uses the word "soul" several times in this talk - von Humboldt studied the Vedic philosophy. So his view of Soul was more "transcendental" than the typical Christian use of the word.

[@liquid_lover]

For future reference, Chomsky has a website (chomsky.info) dedicated to documenting all of his essays, talks, debates, etc in the form of transcripts. Very useful website!

[@birdup6684]

Could anyone translate the excerpts from Humboldt to german for me? Write me!

[@Oliver-zp9me]

could someone list all of Chomsky's sources?

[@Aaron-wy9nb]

I do not know if you found it already but here is his full speech: libcom.org/library/government-future-noam-chomsky

[@Oliver-zp9me]

@@Aaron-wy9nb funnily enough I got given Wilhelm Von Humbolt's Limits of state action for Christmas.

[@Aaron-wy9nb]

@@Oliver-zp9me That is pretty funny

[@hahaforrealtho8967]

I went there his speech called government in the future and found all the sources. It literally changed my life

[@robertstewart4953]

@@hahaforrealtho8967 keep listening! I put Noam on in the background when I'm working and gaming. There are thousands of hours if his lectures on youtube. It's a real tragedy that the majority of them have less than 100 views (a good deal of those being me...).

[@thegrandnil764]

I may disagree with his ideology, but I respect him

[@jared4034]

Good for you. You must be smart.

[@thegrandnil764]

@@jared4034 Its a year later and I now agree with him

[@mathias4851]

So you is smart cool

[@thegrandnil764]

@@mathias4851 2 years later and now I disagree with him because I'm even farther left-wing.

[@JoshuaSobel]

@@thegrandnil764 Zizek?

[@madlifescientist3995]

Is there anyone who speaks russian or greek and could translate a small part of this talk for me to these languages? :)