{"product_id":"the-althusserian-legacy-paperback","title":"The Althusserian Legacy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eE. Ann Kaplan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichael Sprinker\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLouis Althusser remained until his death in 1990 the most controversial of the \"master thinkers\" who emerged from the turbulent Parisian intellectual scene of the 1960s. The publication of his bestselling posthumous \"autobiography\", \u003ci\u003eL'avenir dure longtemps\u003c\/i\u003e, has now refueled some of these controversies. Hugely influential, whether lauded or vilified, Althusser occupies a unique place in contemporary philosophy. What is certain is that Althusserian themes and motifs continue to constitute a vital region in materialist thought. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Althusserian Legacy\u003c\/i\u003e is the first collective attempt to draw up a balance sheet, not on Althusser alone but on the questions that his work helped to bring to the forefront of Marxist theory. The volume brings together work in history, philosophy, economics, sociology, and literary criticism, all of it derived from or significantly inflected by Althusser. Taken together, the essays assess soberly, critically, but always generously, the full extent of his legacy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe volume contains a lengthy interview with Jacques Derrida, a long-time friend and colleague of Althusser at the Ecole Normale in Paris, and concludes with obituaries by Derrida and Gregory Elliott. Perhaps only now, more than a decade after his active intellectual life has come to a close, is it possible to render sound, just judgments on the meaning and significance of this much-debated body of work. \u003ci\u003eThe Althusserian Legacy \u003c\/i\u003eis a rich beginning to that important task.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Sprinker \u003c\/b\u003ewas Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. His \u003ci\u003eImaginary Relations: Aesthetics and Ideology in the History of Historical Materialism \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e History and Ideology in Proust\u003c\/i\u003e are also published by Verso. Together with Mike Davis, he founded Verso's Haymarket Series and guided it until his death in 1999. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eÉtienne Balibar\u003c\/b\u003e is a French Marxist philosopher and the most celebrated student of Louis Althusser. He is also one of the leading exponents of French Marxist philosophy and the author of \u003ci\u003eSpinoza and Politics\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Philosophy of Marx\u003c\/i\u003e and co-author of \u003ci\u003eRace, Nation and Class\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eReading Capital.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichèle Barrett\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Modern Literary and Cultural Theory in the School of English and Drama, Queen Mary, University of London. She is the author, among other works, of \u003ci\u003eWomen's Oppression Today\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Anti-Social Family\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePolitics of Diversity\u003c\/i\u003e (co-authored with Roberta Hamilton). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJacques Derrida\u003c\/b\u003e was Director of Studies at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris. English translations of his work include \u003ci\u003eGiven Time\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMemories of the Blind\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpecters of Marx, The Politics of Friendship, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Gift of Death\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGregory Elliott\u003c\/b\u003e is a member of the editorial collective of Radical Philosophy and author of \u003ci\u003eAlthusser: The Detour of Theory\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLabourism and the English Genius: The Strange Decay of Labour England?\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWarren Montag\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of English at Occidental College, Los Angeles. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eBodies, Masses, Power: Spinoza and his Contemporaries\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eUnthinkable Swift\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 254\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 9.28 x 6.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 17, 1993\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758071677216,"sku":"9780860915942","price":28.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c6781fa450f71bbbb52a54d803525db7.webp?v=1780117487","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-althusserian-legacy-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}