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The publication in 1965 of For Marx and Reading Capital established Louis Althusser as one of the most original and controversial figures in the Western Marxist tradition; a thinker whose renewal of Marxism was to enjoy great influence over the next decade. Collected here are Althussers most significant philosophical writings from 1965 to 1978; the majority previously untranslated. Intended to contribute, in his own words, to a left-wing critique of Stalinism that would help put some substance back into the revolutionary project here in the West, they are the record of a shared history. At the same time they chart Althussers critique of the theoretical system unveiled in his own major works, and his developing practice of philosophy as a revolutionary weapon. The collection opens with two lucid early articlesTheory, Theoretical Practice and Theoretical Formation and On Theoretical Work. The title pieceAlthussers celebrated lectures in the Philosophy Course for Scientistsis the fullest exploration of his new definition of philosophy as politics in the realm of theory; a conception which is further developed in Lenin and Philosophy. Is it Simple to be a Marxist in Philosophy? provi

Author

Louis Althusser; Gregory Elliott; Ben Brewster; James H Kavanagh; Grahame Lock; Warren Montag; Thomas E Lewis; Verso

Publisher

London ; New York: Verso

Published

1991

Language

EN

ISBN

9780860913290

Subjects

Philosophy, Humanities

Updated

2026-03-24