About nature and language: with the essay "secular priesthood and the danger that democracy is fraught with"

This book contains lectures and interviews of the famous American linguist and public figure Noam Khomsky, in which he sets out his views on the connection of the science of language with biological sciences, on the relationship between language, thinking and the brain. The book discusses an approach based on the idea that universal grammar is a system of principles and parameters, this approach ensures a potential solution to the logical problem of language assimilation. The author also talks about the economical structure of the language and describes the provisions of the minimalist program. The final chapter reflects the socio-political aspect of the author’s activity-this is an essay on criticizing the role of the intellectual elite of Western countries in justification of the foreign policy of these states or to freeze its negative consequences.

The book is recommended for philologists, psychologists, political scientists, as well as everyone who is interested in the problems of the language in the aspect of his connections with biological sciences and the problems of political trends in the modern world