{"product_id":"philosophy-of-the-encounter-later-writings-1978-87-paperback","title":"Philosophy of the Encounter: Later Writings, 1978-87 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLouis Althusser\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eOliver Corpet\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eFrancois Matheron\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the late 1970s and 1980s, Louis Althusser endured a period of intense mental instability during which he murdered his wife and was committed to a psychiatric hospital. Spanning this deeply troubling period, this fourth and final volume of political and philosophical writings reveals Althusser wrestling in a creative and unorthodox fashion with a whole series of theoretical problems to produce some of his very finest work. In his profound exploration of questions of determinism and contingency, Althusser developed a \"philosophy of the encounter,\" which he links to a hidden and subterranean tradition in the history of Western thought which stretches from Epicurus through Spinoza and Machiavelli to Marx, Derrida and Heidegger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLouis Althusser\u003c\/b\u003e 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. His books include \u003ci\u003eFor Marx\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eReading Capital\u003c\/i\u003e (with Etienne Balibar); \u003ci\u003eEssays in Ideology\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003ePolitics and History: Montesquieu, Rousseau, Marx\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eMachiavelli and Us\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Spectre of Hegel\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 350\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.08 x 8.22 x 5.62 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 25, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51748715659552,"sku":"9781844675531","price":34.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c37391fbab245cd3da89f07d8a5fa4d9.webp?v=1779914295","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/philosophy-of-the-encounter-later-writings-1978-87-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}