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Althusser, Louis

Born Oct. 16, 1918, in Algiers. French Marxist philosopher and member of the French Communist Party. Professor at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris. Writer of essays on the history of philosophy, the theory of knowledge, and dialectical and historical materialism. (The collection, For Marx, 1965, which contains Althusser’s historical and philosophical writings; To Read “Capital,” 1965, written with J. Rancière and P. Macherey.)

Althusser treats the problems of the dialectic as logic, primarily on the basis of an analysis of the conceptual philosophic structure of Capital. He concentrates his attention on the theoretical and cognitive tasks that arise in studying the structure of integrated developing systems. He stresses the radical novelty of Marx’s method of thinking, distinguishing it sharply both from the Hegelian method (he rejects the formula “Hegel stood on his head” as the characteristic of the relationship between Marx and Hegel) and from the humanistic anthropological interpretation of Marxism. Althusser’s views are usually regarded as similar to the ideas of structuralism. Althusser and his co-workers are also elaborating a theory of knowledge (a so-called historical epistemology) and a theory of historicophilosophical method.

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Lire le Capital, vol. 1–2. Paris, 1965. (With J. Rancière and P. Macherey.)
Pour Marx, 2nd ed. Paris, 1966.

M. K. MAMARDASHVILI

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No references found	Translated from the Slovene by Nusa Rozman In attempting to determine the elusive relation between literature and its social position, it is impossible to ignore the work of Louis Althusser and his followers in the early 1970s. Literature, Ideology, and the Imaginary by Potocco, Marcello / CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture 14) Through this act of interpellation, the individuals become subjugated as subjects to nation-state of South Africa (what Althusser would refer to as the Subject). National Reconciliation and its performative limitations: John ... by Maron, Jeremy / CineAction France is a country where Marxism in one form or another, but most importantly in the form of Marxist existentialism and humanism as developed in the writings of Jean-Paul Sartre and Maurice Merleau-Ponty, as well as of a more orthodox Marxism championed by Louis Althusser in the early 1960s, has provided a dominant frame of reference for work in philosophy, sociology, and the "human sciences" ever since the end of World War II. The poverty of the "new philosophy" by Tarifa, Fatos / Modern Age	alternating-current welder alternating-current/direct-current alternating-gradient focusing alternating-gradient synchrotron alternating-group flashing light alternating-group occulting light alternation Alternation of Generations alternation of multiplicities law alternative algebra alternative energy Alternative fuel vehicle alternative hypothesis alternative medicine alternative RNA splicing alternator alterne Altfater, Vasilii Altfater, Vasilii Mikhailovich Altgeld, John Peter Althaea altherbosa Althing Althorp, John Charles Spencer, Viscount Althusius, Johannes Althusser Althusser, Louis Altichiero da Zevio altigraph altimeter altimeter corrections altimeter setting Altimeter, Aircraft altimeter-setting indicator altimetry altiplanation altiplanation surface altiplanation terrace Altiplano altithermal altithermal soil Altitude altitude acclimatization altitude and azimuth altitude azimuth altitude chamber altitude circle altitude curve altitude datum altitude delay altitude difference	Althea Gibson Foundation Althea officinalis Althea rosea Althea Rosea Enation Virus Altheide Altheine altherbosa Althesin Althing Althing Althingi Althingi altho Althoff Catholic High School althorn althorns Althorp Althorp House Althorp, John Charles Spencer, Viscount although although although Although It's None of My Business ALTHQ ALTHQ-BS Althusius Althusius, Johannes Althusser Althusser, Louis Althusser, Louis Althusserian Althusserianism Althusus Alti Alti alti- Alti-Acyclovir Alti-Bromocriptine Alti-Clindamycin Alti-Clonazepam Alti-Clonazepam Alti-Dexamethasone Alti-Dexamethasone Alti-Ipratropium Alti-Ipratropium Alti-Minocycline Alti-MPA ALTIC Altichiero Altichiero da Zevio Alticinae Alticinae Alticini Alticini ALTID ALTIF altigraph Altijd Voor U Onderweg

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Translated from the Slovene by Nusa Rozman In attempting to determine the elusive relation between literature and its social position, it is impossible to ignore the work of Louis Althusser and his followers in the early 1970s.

Literature, Ideology, and the Imaginary by Potocco, Marcello / CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

14) Through this act of interpellation, the individuals become subjugated as subjects to nation-state of South Africa (what Althusser would refer to as the Subject).

National Reconciliation and its performative limitations: John ... by Maron, Jeremy / CineAction

France is a country where Marxism in one form or another, but most importantly in the form of Marxist existentialism and humanism as developed in the writings of Jean-Paul Sartre and Maurice Merleau-Ponty, as well as of a more orthodox Marxism championed by Louis Althusser in the early 1960s, has provided a dominant frame of reference for work in philosophy, sociology, and the "human sciences" ever since the end of World War II.

The poverty of the "new philosophy" by Tarifa, Fatos / Modern Age

alternating-current welder

alternating-current/direct-current

alternating-gradient focusing

alternating-gradient synchrotron

alternating-group flashing light

alternating-group occulting light

alternation

Alternation of Generations

alternation of multiplicities law

alternative algebra

alternative energy