Essays in Self-criticism
Cover of the first edition | |
Author | Louis Althusser |
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Original title | Eléments d'autocritique |
Translator | Grahame Lock |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Subject | For Marx, Reading Capital |
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Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
Pages | 224 (English edition) |
ISBN | 978-0391006188 |
Essays in Self-criticism (French: Eléments d'autocritique) is one of the chief works of Louis Althusser, first published in 1974.[1] An English translation by Grahame Lock was published in 1976.[2]
Summary
Althusser re-evaluates his past works, especially For Marx (1965) and Reading Capital (1965), criticizing them for largely ignoring the class struggle. He accordingly redefined philosophy, from being a "theory of theoretical practice" to being "the class struggle in theory."[3]
References
Footnotes
- ↑ Scruton 1985. p. 218.
- ↑ Cleaver 2000. p. 163.
- ↑ Cleaver 2000. p. 51.
Bibliography
- Books
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