Althusser
/ (ˈɑːltuːsə, French ɑltusər) /
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noun
Louis. 1918–90, French Marxist philosopher, author of For Marx (1965) and Reading Capital (1965): committed to a mental hospital (1981) after killing his wife
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Words nearby Althusser
altho, alt. hor., althorn, Althorp House, although, Althusser, alti-, altigraph, altiloquent, altimeter, altimetry
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In France, a whole constellation of (relatively) young thinkers are transforming it: Foucault, Althusser, Deleuze, etc.
Derrida’s ‘Of Grammatology’ and the Birth of Deconstruction|Benoît Peeters|December 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST