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Louis Pierre Althusser (UK: / ˌ æ l t ʊ ˈ s ɛər /, US: / ˌ ɑː l t uː ˈ s ɛər /; French:; 16 October 1918 – 22 October 1990) was a French Marxist philosopher who studied at the École normale supérieure in Paris, where he eventually became Professor of Philosophy.
Oct 16, 2009 · Louis Pierre Althusser (1918–1990) was one of the most influential Marxist philosophers of the 20 th Century. As they seemed to offer a renewal of Marxist thought as well as to render Marxism philosophically respectable, the claims he advanced in the 1960s about Marxist philosophy were discussed and debated worldwide.
Jun 8, 2024 · Louis Althusser was a French philosopher who attained international renown in the 1960s for his attempt to fuse Marxism and structuralism. Inducted into the French army in 1939, Althusser was captured by German troops in 1940 and spent the remainder of the war in a German prisoner of war camp.
- Richard Wolin
The work of Louis Althusser has proven controversial in the International Socialist tradition, as well as throughout Marxist thought worldwide. In recent years, a revival of interest in his work has taken place.
Nov 19, 2021 · By outlining its basic logic (its methodology) and by extrapolating it to a number of case studies, my aim is to demonstrate the viability, urgency and contemporary relevance of a continental approach (“via positiva”). This chapter is different, however, in the sense that an exception is made for Louis Althusser.
- Hub Zwart
- 2022
Jun 26, 2024 · A brief overview of the life and philosophy of Louis Althusser, a French Marxist philosopher who influenced continental philosophy until his insanity declaration in 1980. Learn about his theory of theoretical practice, his critique of empiricism, his self-criticism, and his involvement in class struggle.
The State Apparatus, which defines the State as a force of repressive execution and intervention ‘in the interests of the ruling classes’ in the class struggle conducted by the bourgeoisie and its allies against the proletariat, is quite certainly the State, and quite certainly defines its basic ‘function’.
