Louis Althusser
Louis Althusser was born in Algeria in 1918 and died in France in 1990. He taught philosophy for many years at the Ecole Normale Superieur in Paris, and was a leading intellectual in the French Communist Party. His books include For Marx; Reading Capital (with Etienne Balibar); Essays in Ideology; Politics and History: Montesquieu, Rousseau, Marx; Machiavelli and Us; and The Spectre of Hegel.Blog
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The highly popular series publishes new editions of important works of continental philosophy in beautifully-designed and affordable editions. Covering the full spectrum of critical thought, the series includes work from radical thinkers such as Walter Benjamin, Judith Butler, Louis Althusser, Jean Baudrillard, Guy Debord, Georg Lukács, Jean-Paul Sartre, Theodor Adorno and many more.
First published in 2005, there are now 60 titles in the series. In 2009, set 4 was launched with a stunning and acclaimed new cover design from Rumors, which has become a hallmark of the series. They have been widely praised, including in the Guardian, Bookforum and the New Statesman.
Books
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Philosophy and the Spontaneous Philosophy of the Scientists
Collected here are Althusser's most significant philosophical writings from 1965 to 1978. -
Machiavelli and Us
“Althusser, poised between modernism and postmodernism, meets Machiavelli, poised between the Middle Ages and modernity.”—Antonio Negri.
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For Marx
A milestone in postwar Marxist thought, containing Althusser’s influential arguments on the epistemological break and anti-humanism.
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Reading Capital
A landmark of French thought, reconstructing Western Marxism from its foundations.
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On Ideology
The classic analysis of how particular political and cultural ideas come to dominate society.
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Politics and History
Enlightenment advances towards a science of politics, and Marx's relationship to Hegel.
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Philosophy of the Encounter
A profound exploration of questions of determinism and contingency, from Epicurus to Marx.
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The Humanist Controversy and Other Writings
Outstanding contributions to political and theoretical thought.