Re: Chomsky on sociobiology
On Jun 6, 2006, at 9:49 AM, Ted Winslow wrote:
Language is our creature. The idea that it’s not, that it’s the
creator and we’re the creature (”structuralism”), or that it’s the
creature of a creator other than us (e.g. “of genetic programs”),
is another example of what Marx means by “fetishism”.
But we’re born into a pre-existing language that shapes the way we
see the world. It may be “ours” collectively, but not individually.
We make history but not with the tools of our own choosing, right?
Doug