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Zusatztext “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 not included in previous English editions but also allows us to see clearly how the essays emerged from the dynamic interactions of a university seminar.” —Michael Hardt! co-author of the Empire trilogy From the Trade Paperback edition. Informationen zum Autor Louis Althusser was born in Algeria in 1918 and died in France in 1990. He taught philosophy for many years at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, and was a leading intellectual in the French Communist Party. His books include For Marx ; Reading Capital (with Etienne Balibar); Essays in Ideology ; Politics and History: Montesquieu, Rousseau, Marx ; Machiavelli and Us ; and The Spectre of Hegel . Étienne Balibar is a French Marxist philosopher and the most celebrated student of Louis Althusser. He is also one of the leading exponents of French Marxist philosophy and the author of Spinoza and Politics , The Philosophy of Marx and co-author of Race, Nation and Class and Reading Capital. Pierre Macherey is Emeritus Professor at the University of Lille III. Jacques Rancière is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris-VIII. His books include The Politics of Aesthetics , On the Shores of Politics , Short Voyages to the Land of the People , The Nights of Labor , Staging the People , and The Emancipated Spectator . Roger Establet is Emeritus Professor at the University of Provence. Zusammenfassung A classic work of Marxist analysis! available unabridged for the first time! to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of its original publication ...
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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
