{"product_id":"althusser-and-his-contemporaries-9780822353867","title":"Althusser and His Contemporaries","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis thoroughgoing reevaluation of Louis Althusser's philosophical project shows that the theorist was intensely engaged with the work of his contemporaries, particularly Foucault, Derrida, Deleuze, and Lacan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Like no one else can, Warren Montag brings to life in this wonderful book the adventure of Althusser's thought in all its excitement and brilliance.\"—\u003cb\u003eMichael Hardt\u003c\/b\u003e, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eDeclaration\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Warren Montag's reconstruction of the Althusserian journey into the hazardous territories of politics and philosophy gives us a fascinating account of the Marxist philosopher's trajectory, while illuminating his interactions with the major works of 'French theory.' There is no equivalent to Montag's interpretation, which rectifies many conventional notions and combines empathy with absolute mastery of the archive and the conceptual problems at stake. But \u003ci\u003eAlthusser and His Contemporaries\u003c\/i\u003e is also a philosophical creation in its own right, delineating what I am tempted to call a \u003ci\u003enegative eschatology\u003c\/i\u003e: no doubt one of Althusser's most exciting 'aleatory' heritages.\"—\u003cb\u003eÉtienne Balibar\u003c\/b\u003e, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eReading Capital\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Beg, steal, borrow, or even buy Warren Montag's book on Althusser, it is very good. While he suggests that there can be no last word on Althusser, Montag's work provides an impressive overview which is a delight to read.”  -- Derek Wall * Marx \u0026amp; Philosophy Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003e“...this will be a required resource on Althusser for the next generation of readers. Essential.”  -- K. Tololyan * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\"[T]his is a much-needed book. It extricates Althusser from the ‘gnawing criticism of mice’ and paves the way for a renewed interest in his work, one that takes into account the unpublished materials that emerged after his death – not only to make possible an analysis of the ‘late’ Althusser (the Althusser of the aleatory materialism explicitly elaborated in the 1980s), but also for a reconsideration of the Althusser of the 1960s and 1970s.” -- Stefano Pippa * Radical Philosophy *\u003cbr\u003e“For those generally familiar with Althusser and his contemporaries, Montag provides one of the most original and energizing analyses of Althusser’s body of work.”  -- Nathaniel Mills * Against the Current *\u003cbr\u003e\"Montag has produced an excellent contribution to the limited Anglophone literature, re-positioning, or rather re-emphasising, Althusser’s place in contemporary French theory, and he makes a strong case for his enduring relevance.\" -- Bryant William Sculos * Political Studies Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. Why Read Althusser Today? 1\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Structure \u003cbr\u003e 1. The Theoretical Conjuncture: Structure, Structurality, Structuralism 15\u003cbr\u003e 2. Toward a Prehistory of Structuralism: From Montesquieu to Dilthey 23\u003cbr\u003e 3. Settling Accounts with Phenomenology: Husserl and His Critics 36\u003cbr\u003e 4. Lévi-Strauss: Ancestors and Descendants, Causes and Effects 53\u003cbr\u003e 5. Between Spinozists: The Function of Structure in Althusser, Macherey, and Deleuze 73\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Subject \u003cbr\u003e 6. Marxism and Humanism 103\u003cbr\u003e 7. Althusser and Lacan: Toward of Genealogy of the Concept of Interpellation 118\u003cbr\u003e 8. Althusser and Foucault: Apparatuses of Subjection 141\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Origin\/End \u003cbr\u003e 9. The Late Althusser: Materialism of the Encounter or Philosophy of Nothingness? 173\u003cbr\u003e 10. The End of Destiny: Althusser before Althusser 190\u003cbr\u003e Afterword 209\u003cbr\u003e Notes 213\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 231\u003cbr\u003e Index 243","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406073733463,"sku":"9780822353867","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822353867.jpg?v=1730494435","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/althusser-and-his-contemporaries-9780822353867","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}