{"product_id":"philosophy-and-the-spontaneous-philosophy-of-the-scientists-book-louis-althusser-9780860919568","title":"Philosophy and the Spontaneous Philosophy of the Scientists","description":"The 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. Collected 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.\" The 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. Attesting 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.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52332016828689,"sku":"NLS9780860919568","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53516343214353,"sku":"GOR010177166","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780860919568.jpg?v=1758150259","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/philosophy-and-the-spontaneous-philosophy-of-the-scientists-book-louis-althusser-9780860919568","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}