Category Archives: Louis Althusser

Books I’m looking forward to in 2014

Posted on January 1, 2014 by stuartelden

Some of the books I’m looking forward to this year include Henri Lefebvre, Toward an Architecture of Enjoyment (edited by Łukasz Stanek and previously unpublished in any language); Neil Brenner’s epic edited collection Implosions/Explosions: Towards a Study of Planetary Urbanization; Mick Dillon’s Biopolitics of Security in the 21st … Continue reading →

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Althusser’s 1966 piece on the Chinese Cultural Revolution

Posted on December 29, 2013 by stuartelden

Interesting piece from Althusser in 1966: “Cultural Revolution, Party, State and Conjuncture” The English translation was recently shared  by Decalages. Originally published (in French) in late 1966 it is a very early analysis of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution based entirely … Continue reading →

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Mike Gane interviewed by Baudrillard Studies

Posted on December 17, 2013 by stuartelden

Interesting interview with Mike Gane at Baudrillard Studies. It is especially good on the context of his early work in Sociology, reading Althusser and then Baudrillard. I knew that Lefebvre was on the jury for Baudrillard’s doctoral defence. I didn’t … Continue reading →

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Critical.Theory.com’s 15 books to be excited about in 2014

Posted on December 4, 2013 by stuartelden

Critical.Theory.com’s 15 books to be excited about in 2014 – full list here. Some of these are new, some new translations, some new editions, but lots to get excited about – Derrida, Althusser, Jameson, Critchley, Laclau, Massumi & Manning etc.

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Books received

Posted on November 5, 2013 by stuartelden

Two books for the Althusser project; Marcelo Hoffman’s Foucault and Power; Michael Dear’s Why Walls Won’t Work; and the latest Society and Space.

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Books received

Posted on October 30, 2013 by stuartelden

Three old Althusser volumes; Eric Hazan’s history of the barricade; the reissue of Lefebvre’s Rhythmanalysis; Chamayou’s Manhunts; and two new books (well, one 2013 and one 2011) by Daniel Heller-Roazen.

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The New Althusser – a few further thoughts

Posted on October 21, 2013 by stuartelden

My post on the idea of a potential ‘new Althusser’ collection for Theory, Culture & Society received quite a few hits, a few comments there, and some more by email, on twitter and facebook. I’ve made a note of all the … Continue reading →

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The New Althusser – a possible TCS theme?

Posted on October 19, 2013 by stuartelden

One of the ideas floated at yesterday’s Theory, Culture and Society board meeting was a theme issue on what might be called ‘the new Althusser’. Since his death, many previously unpublished writings have been published in France, with English translations following. … Continue reading →

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Althusser, On the Reproduction of Capitalism

Posted on July 31, 2013 by stuartelden

Verso have announced the publication of Althusser’s On the Reproduction of Capitalism: Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses, for early 2014. What is perhaps Louis Althusser’s most famous text, “Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses,” published in 1970 and very influential ever since, … Continue reading →

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Warren Montag, Althusser and his Contemporaries – introduction

Posted on April 3, 2013 by stuartelden

As I’ve mentioned here previously, Warren Montag’s Althusser and his Contemporaries is coming soon from Duke University Press. The introduction is available here.  

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