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Philosophy of the Encounter: Later Writings, 1978-1987

Louis Althusser

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A profound exploration of questions of determinism and contingency, from Epicurus to Marx.

In the late 1970s and 1980s, Louis Althusser endured a period of intense mental instability during which he murdered his wife and was committed to a psychiatric hospital. Spanning this deeply troubling period, this fourth and final volume of political and philosophical writings reveals Althusser wrestling in a creative and unorthodox fashion with a whole series of theoretical problems to produce some of his very finest work. In his profound exploration of questions of determinism and contingency, Althusser developed a “philosophy of the encounter,” which he links to a hidden and subterranean tradition in the history of Western thought which stretches from Epicurus through Spinoza and Machiavelli to Marx, Derrida and Heidegger.

Format:

Pages:: pages

Publication:: 2006

Publisher:

Edition:: 1

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 184467553X

ISBN13:: 9781844675531

kindle Asin:: B0BMLVJ4JM

Philosophy of the Encounter: Later Writings, 1978-1987

Louis Althusser

4.08/5 (109 ratings)

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A profound exploration of questions of determinism and contingency, from Epicurus to Marx.

In the late 1970s and 1980s, Louis Althusser endured a period of intense mental instability during which he murdered his wife and was committed to a psychiatric hospital. Spanning this deeply troubling period, this fourth and final volume of political and philosophical writings reveals Althusser wrestling in a creative and unorthodox fashion with a whole series of theoretical problems to produce some of his very finest work. In his profound exploration of questions of determinism and contingency, Althusser developed a “philosophy of the encounter,” which he links to a hidden and subterranean tradition in the history of Western thought which stretches from Epicurus through Spinoza and Machiavelli to Marx, Derrida and Heidegger.

Format:

Pages:: pages

Publication:: 2006

Publisher:

Edition:: 1

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 184467553X

ISBN13:: 9781844675531

kindle Asin:: B0BMLVJ4JM

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