Politics and History Image

Politics and History by Louis Althusser

Politics and History by Louis Althusser

Show Hide Adult Content

Politics and History

Non-Fiction Books:

More...

Politics and History

Montesquieu, Rousseau, Marx

By:

Louis Althusser

Format:

Paperback / softback

Series:

Radical Thinkers Set 02

Show Hide Adult Content

$54.99

Available from supplier

Usually ships in 3-4 weeks

0 in Trolley

Price Match

Wrap this item as a gift ($5.90) - add a free gift card on the next page

Buy Now, Pay Later with:

Afterpay is available on orders $100 to $2000 Learn more

Availability

Delivering to:

Estimated arrival:

Around 5-15 August using International Courier

Explore more Radical Thinkers Set 02

See all products in this series

Political Descartes by Antonio Negri

$4599

Political Descartes

by Antonio Negri ~ Paperback / softback

Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks

Strategy of Deception by Paul Virilio

$4599

Strategy of Deception

by Paul Virilio ~ Paperback / softback

Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks

Emancipation(s) by Ernesto Laclau

$4599

Emancipation(s)

by Ernesto Laclau ~ Paperback / softback

Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks

Politics of Modernism by Raymond Williams

$4599

Politics of Modernism

by Raymond Williams ~ Paperback / softback

Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks

Infancy and History by Giorgio Agamben

$3799

Infancy and History

by Giorgio Agamben ~ Paperback / softback

Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks

The Indivisible Remainder by Slavoj Z?iz?ek

$4599

The Indivisible Remainder

by Slavoj Z?iz?ek ~ Paperback / softback

Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks

Logics of Disintegration by Peter Dews

$4699

Logics of Disintegration

by Peter Dews ~ Paperback / softback

Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks

Description

In the first two essays of this book, Louis Althusser analyses the work of two of the greatest thinkers of the Enlightenment - Montesquieu and Rousseau. He shows that although they made considerable advances towards establishing a science of politics, particularly in comparison with the theorists of natural law, they nevertheless remained the victims of the ideologies of their day and class. Montesquieu accepted as given the political notions current in French absolutism; Rousseau attempted to impose by moral conversion an already outdated mode of production. The third essay examines Marx's relationship to Hegel and elaborates on the discussions of this theme in Althusser's earlier books, For Marx and Lenin and Philosophy. Althusser argues that Marx was able to establish a theory of historical materialism and the possibility of a Marxist philosophy of dialectical materialism not simply by turning his back on Hegel, but by extracting and converting certain categories from Hegel's Logic and applying them to English political economy and French socialist political theory.

Author Biography:

Louis Althusser was born in Algeria in 1918 and died in France in 1990. He taught Philosophy for many years at the Ecole Normale Superieur in Paris, and was a leading intellectual in the French Communist Party.

Release date Australia

January 17th, 2007

Author

Louis Althusser

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Contributor

Translated by Ben Brewster

Pages

192

Series

Radical Thinkers Set 02

Dimensions

132x198x18

ISBN-13

9781844675722

Product ID

2347362

Customer reviews

Nobody has reviewed this product yet. You could be the first!

Write a Review

Marketplace listings

There are no Marketplace listings available for this product currently.
Already own it? Create a free listing and pay just 9% commission when it sells!

Sell Yours Here

Help & options

Filed under...