चन्द्रमणि गाैतम
अव्राम नोम चोम्स्की (१९२८–) अमेरिकी दार्शनिक, ‘आधुनिक भाषाशास्त्रका जनक’, इतिहासकार र सामाजिक आलोचक यहुदी हुन् । यिनले करिब एकसय ५० पुस्तक लेखेका छन् । भियतनाम युद्धमा अमेरिकाको प्रत्यक्ष रुपमा संलग्न हुनु भनेको अमेरिका साम्राज्यवादी भएको पुष्टि हुने आधार भएको तर्क दिएर यिनले विरोध गरेका थिए ।
यिनी ‘नव वाम’ (New Left) मा संलग्न उदार समाजवादी (Libertarian Socialist) बुद्धिजीवी हुन्। १६ वर्षकै उमेरमा पेन्सिलभेनिया विश्वविद्यालयमा यिनी भाषाशास्त्र पढ्न थालेका थिए । अमेरिकाका अब्बल विश्वविद्यालयमा यिनको कुनै न कुनै रुपमा पहुँच रहेको छ ।
कतिपय आलोचकहरू उनीलाई अमेरिकावादको बिरोधी पनि भन्दछन् । नेपालका लालबुझक्कड तथाकथित कम्युनिस्टहरू उनलाई आफ्नो 'भावनात्मक सामिप्य' देखाउँछन् ।
यिनी ‘नव वाम’ (New Left) मा संलग्न उदार समाजवादी (Libertarian Socialist) बुद्धिजीवी हुन्। १६ वर्षकै उमेरमा पेन्सिलभेनिया विश्वविद्यालयमा यिनी भाषाशास्त्र पढ्न थालेका थिए । अमेरिकाका अब्बल विश्वविद्यालयमा यिनको कुनै न कुनै रुपमा पहुँच रहेको छ ।
कतिपय आलोचकहरू उनीलाई अमेरिकावादको बिरोधी पनि भन्दछन् । नेपालका लालबुझक्कड तथाकथित कम्युनिस्टहरू उनलाई आफ्नो 'भावनात्मक सामिप्य' देखाउँछन् ।
यहुदी जातिका उनका बाबुआमा विलियम चम्स्की र इलिसे सिमोनोफ्स्की १९१३ मा रुस साम्राज्यबाट भागेर अमेरिका को फिलाडेल्फियामा आएका थिए।
२००४ अक्टोबर १९ का दिन वालेस शाउनलाई एक अन्तर्वार्ता दिँदै उनले उपरोक्त वाणी बोलेका थिए । उक्त अन्तर्वार्ताको यथारुप यहाँ अँग्रेजीमा राखिदिएको छु–
"You can find things in the traditional religions which are very benign and decent and wonderful and so on, but I mean, the Bible is probably the most genocidal book in the literary canon. The God of the Bible - not only did He order His chosen people to carry out literal genocide - I mean, wipe out every Amalekite to the last man, woman, child, and, you know, donkey and so on, because hundreds of years ago they got in your way when you were trying to cross the desert - not only did He do things like that, but, after all, the God of the Bible was ready to destroy every living creature on earth because some humans irritated Him. That's the story of Noah. I mean, that's beyond genocide - you don't know how to describe this creature. Somebody offended Him, and He was going to destroy every living being on earth? And then He was talked into allowing two of each species to stay alive - that's supposed to be gentle and wonderful."
२००४ अक्टोबर १९ का दिन वालेस शाउनलाई एक अन्तर्वार्ता दिँदै उनले उपरोक्त वाणी बोलेका थिए । उक्त अन्तर्वार्ताको यथारुप यहाँ अँग्रेजीमा राखिदिएको छु–
"You can find things in the traditional religions which are very benign and decent and wonderful and so on, but I mean, the Bible is probably the most genocidal book in the literary canon. The God of the Bible - not only did He order His chosen people to carry out literal genocide - I mean, wipe out every Amalekite to the last man, woman, child, and, you know, donkey and so on, because hundreds of years ago they got in your way when you were trying to cross the desert - not only did He do things like that, but, after all, the God of the Bible was ready to destroy every living creature on earth because some humans irritated Him. That's the story of Noah. I mean, that's beyond genocide - you don't know how to describe this creature. Somebody offended Him, and He was going to destroy every living being on earth? And then He was talked into allowing two of each species to stay alive - that's supposed to be gentle and wonderful."
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