Louis Althusser

This is the ideal introduction to the work of influential critical thinker, Louis Althusser. Luke Ferretter places Althusser's key ideas in the context of earlier Marxist thought and examines their development and impact.

Best known for his theories of ideology and its impact on politics and culture, Louis Althusser revolutionized Marxist theory. Placing Althusser's ideas in the context of earlier Marxist thought, as well as tracing their development and impact, this book presents a guide, useful for those new to the work of this influential critical thinker.

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Luke Ferretter is Assistant Professor of Twentieth-Century British and American Literature at Baylor University, USA. He is author of Towards a Christian Literary Theory (Palgrave, 2003), Louis Althusser (Routledge, 2006), and Sylvia Plath's Fiction: A Critical Study (Edinburgh UP, 2010) and has published widely on twentieth-century literature and literature and religion.

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Acknowledgements Why Althusser? Key Ideas 1. The Cornerstones: Marx and the Theory of Culture 2. The Revolution in Theory: Althusser's Marxism 3. The Politics of Reading: Essays on Interpretation 4. The Politics of Culture: Essays on Ideology 5. Materialist Aesthetics: Essays on Literature and Art 6. Posthumous Confessions: The Future Lasts a Long Time After Althusser Further Reading Works Cited