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Reading Capital: The Complete Edition
Louis Althusser
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Originally published in 1965, Reading Capital is a landmark of French thought and radical theory, reconstructing Western Marxism from its foundations. Louis Althusser, the French Marxist philosopher, maintained that Marx's project could only be revived if its scientific and revolutionary novelty was thoroughly divested of all traces of humanism, idealism, Hegelianism and historicism. In order to complete this critical rereading, Althusser and his students at the École normale supérieure ran a seminar on Capital, re-examining its arguments, strengths and weaknesses in detail, and it was out of those discussions that this book was born.
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Originally published in 1965, Reading Capital is a landmark of French thought and radical theory, reconstructing Western Marxism from its foundations. Louis Althusser, the French Marxist philosopher, maintained that Marx's project could only be revived if its scientific and revolutionary novelty was thoroughly divested of all traces of humanism, idealism, Hegelianism and historicism. In order to complete this critical rereading, Althusser and his students at the École normale supérieure ran a seminar on Capital, re-examining its arguments, strengths and weaknesses in detail, and it was out of those discussions that this book was born.
Previously only available in English ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Verso Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
908g
Number of Pages
576
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784781415
SKU
V9781784781415
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About Louis Althusser
Louis Althusser (1918-90) taught philosophy for many years at the École normale supérieur in Paris. He was a leading intellectual in the French Communist Party. Étienne Balibar is Anniversary Chair at Kingston University and Professor Emeritus at the Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense. Jacques Rancière is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris VIII. ... Read more
Reviews for Reading Capital: The Complete Edition
One of the central texts of French structuralism (and of modern Marxism as well). Its critique of humanism and what Althusser called historicism remains relevant and ought to be renewed in our time.
Fredric Jameson The complete edition of Reading Capital returns us to the excitement of the book's first publication. It not only makes available some remarkable essays ... Read more
Fredric Jameson The complete edition of Reading Capital returns us to the excitement of the book's first publication. It not only makes available some remarkable essays ... Read more