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Reading Capital Author: Louis Althusser

ISBN: 9781784781415 Format: Paperback Number Of Pages: 688 Published: 23 March 2016 Country of Publication: GB Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 15.6 x 5.5 Description: A classic work of Marxist analysis, available unabridged for the first time.

Oginally published in 1965, Reading Capital is a landmark of French thought and radical theory, which sought to reconstruct Western Marxism from its foundations. Previously only available in English in a highly abridged form, this 50th anniversary edition restores original chapters by Roger Establet, Pierre Macherey and Jacques Ranciere, accompanied by a major new introduction by Etienne Balibar on the book's continued impact.

About the Author

Louis Althusser (1918-1990) taught philosophy for many years at the Ecole Normale Superieur in Paris, and was a leading intellectual in the French Communist Party. Etienne Balibar is a French Marxist philosopher and the most celebrated student of Louis Althusser. He is a Distinguished Professor of French & Italian and Comparative Literature at the University of California Irvine. Jacques Ranciere is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris-VIII. Pierre Macherey is a French Marxist literary critic at Universite Lille Nord de France. Roger Establet is a Fr...

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