Philosophy and the Spontaneous Philosophy of the Scientists

Download or read book Philosophy and the Spontaneous Philosophy of the Scientists written by Louis Althusser and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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." 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.