Althusser
Britishnoun
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So many of the concepts he has taken up in order to dismantle their power—from Marx and Althusser to Julia Kristeva—come from the same European cultures that created the colonialism that brutalized Vietnam.
From Slate ● Mar. 10, 2021
Badiou's philosophy of the subject is an extrapolation of Sartre's existentialist slogan "Existence precedes essence" and incorporates a communist hypothesis that Althusser might have liked.
From The Guardian ● May 18, 2012
A direct descendant of Monty Python, the only dangerous thing about her is that you might not laugh at the appropriate moment when she makes a joke about Louis Althusser.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 12, 2010
Althusser is a respected author, critic and interpreter of both Montesquieu and Marx.
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But before police could question Althusser, he was hustled off to a psychiatric hospital.
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