Chomsky—Foucault: Power, Justice and Human Nature (Live Watch)

The Chomsky–Foucault debate was a debate about human nature, between Noam Chomsky and Michel Foucault in Eindhoven, in 1971. Chomsky and Foucault were invited by the Dutch philosopher Fons Elders to discuss an age-old question: "is there such a thing as 'innate' human nature independent of our experiences and external influences?"
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We will use an edited version of the video that focuses on Power (Foucault) vs Justice (Chomsky): Part 1, Part 2.

The video contains political references but we'll avoid the discussion of party politics.

Please note that we will put emphasis in keeping the conversation civil and focused on the video.

Other Sunday video discussions:

October 2, Mark Fisher