Louis Althusser (Routledge Critical Thinkers)

✍ Scribed by Luke Ferretter

Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2006
Tongue: English
Leaves: 190
Edition: 1
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Best known for his theories of ideology and its impact on politics and culture, Louis Althusser revolutionized Marxist theory. His writing changed the face of literary and cultural studies, and continues to influence political modes of criticism such as feminism, postcolonialism and queer theory. Beginning with an introduction to the context of Marxist theory, this book goes on to explain: * how Althusser interpreted and developed Marx’s work * the political implications of reading * ideology and its significance for culture and criticism * Althusser’s aesthetic criticism of literature, theatre and art. Placing Althusser’s key ideas in the context of earlier Marxist thought, as well as tracing their development and impact, Luke Ferretter presents a wide-ranging yet accessible guide, ideal for those new to the work of this influential critical thinker.

📜 SIMILAR VOLUMES

Louis Althusser (Routledge Critical Thin

📁 Louis Althusser (Routledge Critical Thinkers)

✍ Luke Ferretter 📂 Library 📅 2006 🏛 Routledge 🌐 English

Louis Althusser

📁 Louis Althusser

✍ Francisco Sampedro 📂 Library 📅 2023 🏛 Editora Lutas Anticapital 🌐 Portuguese

Jean Baudrillard (Routledge Critical Thi

📁 Jean Baudrillard (Routledge Critical Thinkers)

✍ Richard J. Lane 📂 Library 📅 2000 🏛 Routledge 🌐 English

This volume is a very good introduction to Baudrillard for those unacquainted with his writings, and a useful companion volume to a thorough study of his texts. Unlike the "[Philosopher] in 90 minutes" series, the "Introducing" series, etc., this book is intended as a supplement to the primary text

Jacques Derrida (Routledge Critical Thin

📁 Jacques Derrida (Routledge Critical Thinkers)

✍ Nicholas Royle 📂 Library 📅 2003 🏛 Routledge 🌐 English

Nicholas Royle's text on Jacques Derrida is part of a recent series put out by the Routledge Press, designed under the general editorial direction of Robert Eaglestone (Royal Holloway, University of London), to explore the most recent and exciting ideas in intellectual development during the past ce

Hannah Arendt (Routledge Critical Thinke

📁 Hannah Arendt (Routledge Critical Thinkers)

✍ Simon Swift 📂 Library 📅 2008 🏛 Routledge 🌐 English

<P>Hannah Arendt's work offers a powerful critical engagement with the cultural and philosophical crises of mid-twentieth-century Europe. Her idea of the banality of evil, made famous after her report on the trial of the Nazi war criminal, Adolf Eichmann, remains controversial to this day.</P> <P>I

Roland Barthes (Routledge Critical Think

📁 Roland Barthes (Routledge Critical Thinkers)

✍ Graham Allen 📂 Library 📅 2003 🏛 Routledge 🌐 English

Graham Allen's text on Roland Barthes is part of a recent series put out by the Routledge Press, designed under the general editorial direction of Robert Eaglestone (Royal Holloway, University of London), to explore the most recent and exciting ideas in intellectual development during the past centu