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Politics and History
Louis Althusser
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Paperback. Provides appraisals of major writers. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 216.
In the first two essays of this book, Louis Althusser analyses the work of two of the greatest thinkers of the Enlightenment - Montesquieu and Rousseau. He shows that although they made considerable advances towards establishing a science of politics, particularly in comparison with the theorists of natural law, they nevertheless remained the victims of the ideologies of their day and class. Montesquieu accepted as given the political notions current in French absolutism; Rousseau attempted to impose by moral conversion an already outdated mode of production. The third essay examines Marx's relationship to Hegel and elaborates on the discussions of ... Read more
In the first two essays of this book, Louis Althusser analyses the work of two of the greatest thinkers of the Enlightenment - Montesquieu and Rousseau. He shows that although they made considerable advances towards establishing a science of politics, particularly in comparison with the theorists of natural law, they nevertheless remained the victims of the ideologies of their day and class. Montesquieu accepted as given the political notions current in French absolutism; Rousseau attempted to impose by moral conversion an already outdated mode of production. The third essay examines Marx's relationship to Hegel and elaborates on the discussions of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Weight
214 g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844675722
SKU
V9781844675722
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About Louis Althusser
Louis Althusser was born in Algeria in 1918 and died in France in 1990. He taught Philosophy for many years at the Ecole Normale Superieur in Paris, and was a leading intellectual in the French Communist Party.
Reviews for Politics and History
One reads him with excitement. There is no mystery about his capacity to inspire the intelligent young.
Eric Hobsbawm Althusser traversed so many lives-so many personal, historical, philosophical and political adventures; marked, inflected, influenced so many discourses, actions and existences by the radiant and provocative force of his thought-that the most diverse and contradictory accounts could never exhaust their ... Read more
Eric Hobsbawm Althusser traversed so many lives-so many personal, historical, philosophical and political adventures; marked, inflected, influenced so many discourses, actions and existences by the radiant and provocative force of his thought-that the most diverse and contradictory accounts could never exhaust their ... Read more