Philosophy of the Encounter - Later Writings, 1978-1987

Zusatztext “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 source.”—Jacques Derrida 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 Ecole Normale Superieur in Paris, and was a leading intellectual in the French Communist Party. Klappentext From Althusser's most prolific period, this book is destined to become a classic. Zusammenfassung In the late 1970s and 1980s! Louis Althusser endured a period of mental instability during which he murdered his wife and was committed to a psychiatric hospital. Spanning this period! this fourth volume of political and philosophical writings reveals his wrestling with a series of theoretical problems to produce some of his work.

Info autore

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Louis Althusser, Oliver Corpet, G.M. Goshgarian, Francois Matheron
• Con la collaborazione di: Oliver Corpet (Editore), Francois Matheron (Editore), François Matheron (Editore), G M Goshgarian (Traduzione), G. M. Goshgarian (Traduzione)
• Editore: Verso
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 17.06.2006
• EAN: 9781844675531
• ISBN: 978-1-84467-553-1
• Pagine: 350
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Western philosophy from c 1800, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -