Philosophy and the Spontaneous Philosophy of the Scientists

by Louis Althusser

Book Overview

The publication in 1965 of For Marx and Reading Capital established Louis Althusser as one of the most original and controversial figures in the Western Marxist tradition; a thinker whose renewal of Marxism was to enjoy great influence over the next decade. Collected here are Althusser's most significant philosophical writings from 1965 to 1978; the majority previously untranslated. Intended to contribute, in his own words, to a "left-wing critique...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1844677893
• ISBN13: 9781844677894
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Verso
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.0" x 7.6"