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Let us put forward a few preliminary theses. One of the most difficult aspects of writing about Althusser is rethinking his politics. This is indeed a paradoxical position, since, in one instance, his entire oeuvre is political. This said, there are no Althusserian political parties or political movements of any kind. In this regard, Althusserianism is not a political orientation in the strict sense.
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- 1.
Rancière 2011, p. xix.
- 2.
Ibid., pp. 73–74.
- 3.
I am aware that this distinction is highly problematic. For instance, in his interview with Fernanda Navarro, Althusser declares that “philosophy produces a general problematic: that is, a manner of posing, and therefore resolving, any problem that may arise,” Althusser 2006, p. 287.
- 4.
Althusser 2005, p. 167.
- 5.
Althusser 2005, p. 166.
- 6.
Althusser 1997, p. 109.
- 7.
Cf. Johnston 2015.
- 8.
Althusser 1990, p. xviii
- 9.
Althusser 1999.
- 10.
Althusser 1999.
- 11.
Ibid.
- 12.
Ibid.
- 13.
Pêcheux 2015, pp. 1–2.
- 14.
Althusser 1973, p. 5.
- 15.
Ibid.
- 16.
Pêcheux 2015, pp. 4–5.
- 17.
Althusser 2010, p. 8.
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Hamza, A. (2016). Althusser’s Politics. In: Althusser and Pasolini. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56652-2_16
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