Category Archives: Nicos Poulantzas

Maria Antonietta Macciocchi – Althusser, Gramsci, Maoism, Fascism and Pasolini

Posted on May 10, 2026 by stuartelden

Maria Antonietta Macciocchi (1922-2007) was a journalist, politician and academic. She is known for works including Daily Life in Revolutionary China (Italian and French in 1971; English in 1972). Her work on China was heavily criticised, and one example would be a … Continue reading →

Posted in Alberto Toscano, Antonio Gramsci, Italo Calvino, Louis Althusser, Luce Irigaray, Nicos Poulantzas, Sunday Histories | 4 Comments

A Revolutionary from the OECD – the Castoriadis/Poulantzas debate, translated and introduced at the Verso blog

Posted on September 13, 2019 by stuartelden

A Revolutionary from the OECD – the Castoriadis/Poulantzas debate – at the Verso blog In 1977, an intense debate raged in the Greek press between Nicos Poulantzas and Cornelius Castoriadis, sparked by remarks made by Poulantzas in an article that questioned … Continue reading →

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Viewpoint Magazine forum on The Crisis of Marxism – Althusser, Balibar, Poulantzas, Buci-Glucksmann, etc.

Posted on December 20, 2017 by stuartelden

The Crisis of Marxism – Asad Haider and Patrick King in Viewpoint Magazine Crisis Theory | Asad Haider In 1977 Louis Althusser gave a famous speech in Venice on “the crisis of Marxism,” a thesis almost as scandalous as that of an epistemological … Continue reading →

Posted in Etienne Balibar, Karl Marx, Louis Althusser, Nicos Poulantzas, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Bob Jessop’s 1984 book on Nicos Poulantzas available as a free pdf

Posted on December 24, 2013 by stuartelden

Bob Jessop’s excellent 1984 book on Nicos Poulantzas available as a free pdf at bobjessop.org

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Lefebvre and Poulantzas review essay

Posted on September 9, 2011 by stuartelden

The new issue of Society and Space is out. Among the interesting papers is a review essay by Andrew Jonas of The Poulantzas Reader and the State, Space, World collection of Henri Lefebvre’s work that Neil Brenner and I edited. … Continue reading →

Posted in Henri Lefebvre, Neil Brenner, Nicos Poulantzas, Society and Space | 1 Comment