"The principle that human nature, in its psychological aspects, is nothing more than a product of history and given social relations removes all barriers to coercion and manipulation by the powerful."

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About Noam Chomsky

American linguist, philosopher, and public intellectual whose work helped transform modern theoretical linguistics. He is known for generative grammar and for influential writing on politics and media. He taught for decades at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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