Marxist Theorist: Louis Pierre Althusser

By Jagran Josh

Dec 29, 2012, 16:03 IST

Louis Pierre Althusser was a French Marxist philosopher.

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Name: Louis Pierre Althusser

Born: 16 October 1918

Birthplace: Algeria

Died: 22 October 1990 (aged 72)

Deathplace: Paris, France

Era: 20th-century philosophy

Region: Western Philosophy

School: Marxism, Structuralism

Main interests: Politics, Economics, Ideology

Notable ideas: The epistemological break, Overdetermination, Ideological state apparatuses, Interpellation, Lacunar discourse, Aleatory materialism, Philosophy of the encounter

Name: Louis Pierre Althusser

Born: 16 October 1918

Birthplace: Algeria

Died: 22 October 1990 (aged 72)

Deathplace: Paris, France

Era: 20th-century philosophy

Region: Western Philosophy

School: Marxism, Structuralism

Main interests: Politics, Economics, Ideology

Notable ideas: The epistemological break, Overdetermination, Ideological state apparatuses, Interpellation, Lacunar discourse, Aleatory materialism, Philosophy of the encounter

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