On the Reproduction of Capitalism: Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses - Couverture souple

Althusser, Louis

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ISBN 10 : 1781681643 ISBN 13 : 9781781681640

Editeur : Verso Books, 2014

Synopsis

Louis Althusser s renowned short text Ideology andIdeological State Apparatuses radically transformed theconcept of the subject, the understanding of the stateand even the very frameworks of cultural, political andliterary theory. The text has influenced thinkers such asJudith Butler, Ernesto Laclau and Slavoj i[ek. The piece is, in fact, an extract from a much longer book, "On the Reproduction of Capitalism," until now unavailablein English. Its publication makes possible a reappraisalof seminal Althusserian texts already available in English, their place in Althusser s oeuvre and the relevance ofhis ideas for contemporary theory. "On the Reproductionof Capitalism" develops Althusser s conception of historicalmaterialism, outlining the conditions of reproductionin capitalist society and the revolutionary struggle forits overthrow. Written in the afterglow of May 1968, the text addressesa question that continues to haunt us today: in a societythat proclaims its attachment to the ideals of liberty andequality, why do we witness the ever-renewed reproductionof relations of domination? Both a conceptuallyinnovative text and a key theoretical tool for activists, "On the Reproduction of Capitalism" is an essential additionto the corpus of the twentieth-century Left."

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

‘The elegant theorist, the man who redefined the concept of
“ideology”’—Alice Kaplan, Los Angeles Review of Books

‘One of the most important Marxist thinkers of the twentieth century ... nothing short of electric. His renewal of Marxism represented a liberation for a younger generation’ —Radical Philosophy

"One reads him with excitement. There is no mystery about his capacity to inspire the intelligent young."—Eric Hobsbawm

"Louis Althusser influenced so many discourses, actions and existences by the radiant and provocative force of his thought."—Jacques Derrida

Biographie de l'auteur :

Louis Althusser was born in Algeria in 1918 and died in France in 1990. He taught philosophy for many years at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris, and was a leading intellectual in the French Communist Party. His books include For Marx; Reading Capital (with Étienne Balibar); Essays in Ideology; Politics and History: Montesquieu, Rousseau, Marx; Machiavelli and Us; and The Spectre of Hegel.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Verso Books
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1781681643
• ISBN 13: 9781781681640
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288