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1 | Althusser: Marxism and Philosophy (Patreon)

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In our inaugural episode, we talk about Louis Althusser’s pathbreaking work on philosophy and Marxism from the 1960s. Targets of reckless slander include Sartre and post-structuralist theories of agency.

patreon.com/leftofphilosophy | @leftofphil

References:

Louis Althusser, Lenin and Philosophy and Other Essays. Translated by Ben Brewster (New York: Monthly Review Press, 2001)

Louis Althusser, Philosophy and the Spontaneous Philosophy of the Scientists. Translated by Ben Brewster, James H. Kavanagh, Thomas E. Lewis, Grahame Lock, and Warren Montag. Edited by Gregory Elliott (New York: Verso, 2011)

Louis Althusser, Machiavelli and Us. Translated by Gregory Elliott. Edited by François Matheron (New York: Verso, 2000)

Music: Vintage Memories by Schematist | schematist.bandcamp.com

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1 | Althusser: Marxism and Philosophy - What's Left of Philosophy

In our inaugural episode, we talk about Louis Althusser's pathbreaking work on philosophy and Marxism from the 1960s. Targets of reckless slander include Sartre and post-structuralist theories of agency.patreon.com/leftofphilosophy | @leftofphilReferences:Louis Althusser, Lenin and Philosophy and Other Essays. Translated by Ben Brewster (New York: Monthly Review Press, 2001)Louis Althusser, Philosophy and the Spontaneous Philosophy of the Scientists.

Comments

Paul Bowman

Just want to say a big thanks to Lillian for the bit on Althusser fumbling the base/superstructure thing and consequently ending up stuck in a functionalist determination of ideology. A real light-bulb moment for me as I couldn't figure out how the brilliant deconstruction of structural-functionalism in his critique of Hegelian historicism in Object of Capital could have led to the relapse into functionalism of Ideology and ISAs (really one of his weakest texts, imo, a pity its so popular). Totally nicked it (with credit) for a piece I'm working on, so thanks again.

What's Left of Philosophy

Hey Paul, this is Lillian. Thank you! I'm really glad this thought resonated. It was hard for me to see about Althusser at first because people kept saying that, due to his earlier critiques of functionalism, that wasn't the problem. But I think it is! Happy this helped.