{"product_id":"reading-capital-paperback","title":"Reading Capital - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLouis Althusser\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEtienne Balibar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBen Brewster\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEstablishing a rigorous program of \"symptomatic reading\" that cuts through the silences and lacunae of \u003ci\u003eCapital\u003c\/i\u003e to reveal its philosophical core, Louis Althusser interprets Marx's structural analysis of production as a revolutionary \u003ci\u003ebreak\u003c\/i\u003e--the basis of a completely new science. Building on a series of Althussers's conceptual innovations that includes \"overdetermination\" and \"social formation,\"  tienne Balibar explores the historical and structural facets of production as Marx understood them, scrutinizing many of the most fundamental points in \u003ci\u003eCapital\u003c\/i\u003e, as though for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLouis Althusser\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Algeria in 1918 and died in France in 1990. He taught philosophy for many years at the Ecole Normale Superieur in Paris, and was a leading intellectual in the French Communist Party. His books include \u003ci\u003eFor Marx\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eReading Capital\u003c\/i\u003e (with Etienne Balibar); \u003ci\u003eEssays in Ideology\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003ePolitics and History: Montesquieu, Rousseau, Marx\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eMachiavelli and Us\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Spectre of Hegel\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eÉtienne Balibar\u003c\/b\u003e is a French Marxist philosopher and the most celebrated student of Louis Althusser. He is also one of the leading exponents of French Marxist philosophy and the author of \u003ci\u003eSpinoza and Politics\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Philosophy of Marx\u003c\/i\u003e and co-author of \u003ci\u003eRace, Nation and Class\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eReading Capital.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.6 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42692986830911,"sku":"9781844673476","price":47.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/c5843b8efafd8e1b060915a06ec33f35.webp?v=1764997335","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/reading-capital-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}