Althusser, the Infinite Farewell

Emilio de Ípola (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

184 Seiten

2018
Duke University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8223-7024-6 (ISBN)

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In Althusser, The Infinite Farewell-originally published in Spanish and appearing here in English for the first time-Emilio de Ípola contends that Althusser’s oeuvre is divided between two fundamentally different and at times contradictory projects. The first is the familiar Althusser, that of For Marx and Reading Capital. Symptomatically reading these canonical texts alongside Althusser’s lesser-known writings, de Ípola reveals a second, subterranean current of thought that flows throughout Althusser’s classic formulations and which only gains explicit expression in his later works. This subterranean current leads Althusser to move toward an aleatory materialism, or a materialism of the encounter. By explicating this key aspect of Althusser’s theoretical practice, de Ípola revitalizes classic debates concerning major theoretico-political topics, including the relationship between Marxism, structuralism, and psychoanalysis; the difference between ideology, philosophy, and science; and the role of contingency and subjectivity in political encounters and social transformation. In so doing, he underscores Althusser’s continuing importance to political theory and Marxist and post-Marxist thought.

Emilio de Ípola is Distinguished Professor at the University of Buenos Aires and the author of several books in Spanish. Étienne Balibar is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at UniversitÉ Paris Nanterre, and the author of Equaliberty, also published by Duke University Press.

Translator's Acknowledgments ix
Translator's Note on References xi
Foreword / Etienne Balibar xiii
Prologue. Althusser? 1
1. The Past, That Strange Land 10
2. The "Classic" Althusser and His Slips 29
3. The Traps of Ideology 64
4. The Solitary Hour 82
Conclusion. Althusser's Last Lesson 103
Notes 111
Bibliography 141
Index 149

Erscheinungsdatum	12.06.2018
Übersetzer	Gavin Arnall
Vorwort	Étienne Balibar
Verlagsort	North Carolina
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	295 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
ISBN-10	0-8223-7024-7 / 0822370247
ISBN-13	978-0-8223-7024-6 / 9780822370246
Zustand	Neuware