Althusser


noun
louis. 1918–90, french marxist philosopher, author of for marx (1965) and reading capital (1965): committed to a mental hospital (1981) after killing his wife
contemporary examples

in france, a whole constellation of (relatively) young thinkers are transforming it: foucault, althusser, deleuze, etc.
derrida’s ‘of grammatology’ and the birth of deconstruction benoît peeters december 20, 2012

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