It's true that critical theory uses the term in a completely different way than the way that Chomsky does--theory in humanities is much closer to "critical perspective or methodology." The problem that Chomsky has never been able to adequately address though is that just because something is nonfalsifiable doesn't mean it's not true.
In Chomsky's debate with Foucault Chomsky was completely manhandled and out of sorts and eventually started talking about how at some point his own politics believed in Platonic ideals of truth. Foucault clearly came out on top as the more systematic and rigorous thinker, and Chomsky for his part hasn't engaged with critical theory since.
Lol, well who knows. Maybe they are actually objecting to my definition of critical theory not referring exclusively to the Frankfurt School, or they are objecting on the grounds that Marxist theory is grounded in an objective analysis of natural history? 😉
I think on the whole critical theorists actually like Chomsky quite a bit more than he likes them.
It's true that critical theory uses the term in a completely different way than the way that Chomsky does--theory in humanities is much closer to "critical perspective or methodology." The problem that Chomsky has never been able to adequately address though is that just because something is nonfalsifiable doesn't mean it's not true.
In Chomsky's debate with Foucault Chomsky was completely manhandled and out of sorts and eventually started talking about how at some point his own politics believed in Platonic ideals of truth. Foucault clearly came out on top as the more systematic and rigorous thinker, and Chomsky for his part hasn't engaged with critical theory since.
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Lol, well who knows. Maybe they are actually objecting to my definition of critical theory not referring exclusively to the Frankfurt School, or they are objecting on the grounds that Marxist theory is grounded in an objective analysis of natural history? 😉
I think on the whole critical theorists actually like Chomsky quite a bit more than he likes them.