{"product_id":"philosophy-and-the-spontaneous-philosophy-of-the-scientists-and-other-essays-9780860919568","title":"Philosophy and the Spontaneous Philosophy of the Scientists: And Other Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Louis Althusser | Gregory Elliott | Gregory Elliott\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Verso\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Verso\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History \u0026amp; Surveys - Modern\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe publication in 1965 of \"For Marx and Reading Capital \"established Louis Althusser as one of the most original and controversial figures in the Western Marxist tradition; a thinker whose renewal of Marxism was to enjoy great influence over the next decade. \u003cbr\u003eCollected here are Althusser's most significant philosophical writings from 1965 to 1978; the majority previously untranslated. Intended to contribute, in his own words, to a \"left-wing critique of Stalinism that would help put some substance back into the revolutionary project here in the West,\" they are the record of a shared history. At the same time they chart Althusser's critique of the theoretical system unveiled in his own major works, and his developing practice of philosophy as a \"revolutionary weapon.\" \u003cbr\u003eThe collection opens with two lucid early articles--\"Theory, Theoretical Practice and Theoretical Formation\" and \"On Theoretical Work.\" The title piece--Althusser's celebrated lectures in the \"Philosophy Course for Scientists\"--is the fullest exploration of his new definition of philosophy as politics in the realm of theory; a conception which is further developed in \"Lenin and Philosophy.\" \"Is it Simple to be a Marxist in Philosophy?\" provides an invaluable account of Althusser's intellectual development. The volume concludes with two little-known late pieces--\"The Transformation of Philosophy,\" in which the paradoxical history of Marxist philosophy is investigated; and \"Marxism Today,\" a sober balance-sheet of the Marxist tradition. \u003cbr\u003eAttesting to the unique place which Althusser has occupied in modern intellectual history--between a tradition of Marxism which he sought to reconstruct, and a \"post-Marxism\" which has eclipsed its predecessor--these texts are indispensable reading.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47892438155415,"sku":"9780860919568","price":2963.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780860919568.webp?v=1781186990","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/philosophy-and-the-spontaneous-philosophy-of-the-scientists-and-other-essays-9780860919568","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}