Category Archives: Louis Althusser

Mike Gane interviewed by Baudrillard Studies

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

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

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

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

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?

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 Since his death, many previously unpublished writings have been published in France, with English translations following.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

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

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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Verso Radical Thinkers – series 8 and call for suggestions

From Sebastian Budgen at Verso – comments below are fine and I’ll pass them on: Series 8 of Radical Thinkers will consist in the following: Spectre of Hegel: Early Writings –  Louis Althusser Hegemony and Socialist Strategy: Towards a Radical … Continue reading

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Warren Montag – Althusser and His Contemporaries

Coming soon from Duke University Press.

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