On the Reproduction of Capitalism Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses |
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| Author:
| Althusser, Louis |
| Foreword by:
| Balibar, Étienne |
| ISBN: | 978-1-78168-164-0 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2014 |
| Publisher: | Verso Books
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| Imprint: | Verso |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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Louis Althusser's renowned short text 'Ideology andnbsp;Ideological State Apparatuses' radically transformed thenbsp;concept of the subject, the understanding of the statenbsp;and even the very frameworks of cultural, political andnbsp;literary theory. The text has influenced thinkers such asnbsp;Judith Butler, Ernesto Laclau and Slavoj Zizek. The piece is, in fact, an extract from a much longer book,nbsp;
On the Reproduction of Capitalism, until now...
More DescriptionLouis Althusser's renowned short text 'Ideology andnbsp;Ideological State Apparatuses' radically transformed thenbsp;concept of the subject, the understanding of the statenbsp;and even the very frameworks of cultural, political andnbsp;literary theory. The text has influenced thinkers such asnbsp;Judith Butler, Ernesto Laclau and Slavoj Zizek.
The piece is, in fact, an extract from a much longer book,nbsp;On the Reproduction of Capitalism, until now unavailablenbsp;in English. Its publication makes possible a reappraisalnbsp;of seminal Althusserian texts already available in English,nbsp;their place in Althusser's oeuvre and the relevance ofnbsp;his ideas for contemporary theory. On the Reproductionnbsp;of Capitalism develops Althusser's conception of historicalnbsp;materialism, outlining the conditions of reproductionnbsp;in capitalist society and the revolutionary struggle fornbsp;its overthrow.
Written in the afterglow of May 1968, the text addressesnbsp;a question that continues to haunt us today: in a societynbsp;that proclaims its attachment to the ideals of liberty andnbsp;equality, why do we witness the ever-renewed reproductionnbsp;of relations of domination? Both a conceptuallynbsp;innovative text and a key theoretical tool for activists,nbsp;On the Reproduction of Capitalism is an essential additionnbsp;to the corpus of the twentieth-century Left.