The Contemporary Mind

Philosophy into our own age: Foucault on power and knowledge, Rawls on justice, Chomsky on language and mind, and the questions still open.

Part of Philosophy

8 moments in this segment.

1. 1971 — John Rawls (1921–2002). A Theory of Justice: fairness from behind the "veil of ignorance."
2. 1975 — Michel Foucault (1926–1984). Power/knowledge, discipline, and the genealogies of madness, punishment and sexuality.
3. 2010 — Is "Universal Grammar" really wrong? (the debate). A deeper look — part of the history of philosophy.
4. 2015-01-09 — John Rawls (The School of Life). A deeper look — part of the history of philosophy.
5. 2015 — Noam Chomsky (b. 1928). Universal grammar and the mind's innate structure — and a relentless public critic. The subject dates from 2000; this photograph was taken in 2015.
6. 2016-09-22 — Noam Chomsky — Universal Grammar. A deeper look — part of the history of philosophy.
7. 2018-08-16 — Michel Foucault pt. 1 — Discipline and Punish (Philosophize This!). A deeper look — part of the history of philosophy.
8. 2018-09-24 — Michel Foucault pt. 3 — Power (Philosophize This!). A deeper look — part of the history of philosophy.