Louis Althusser was probably one of the most complex - and the most controversial - of the "maitres de penser" to emerge from the turbulent Parisian intellectual scene of the 1960s. During a long career, Althusser achieved wide fame, notoriety and, finally, effacement. Yet his work remains an import
Althusser: A Critical Reader
β Scribed by Gregory Elliott (ed.), E. J. Hobsbawm, Pierre Vilar, Paul Ricoeur, Axel Honneth, Peter Dews, David Macey, Francis Mulhern
- Publisher
- Blackwell
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 231
- Category
- Library
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