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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Preface Immanent Influence: The Power of Spinoza in Althusser viii
- Acknowledgements xiv
- Spinoza Citation Style and Abbreviations xvi
- Abbreviations of Althusser’s Works xviii
- Introduction: Philosophy as Detour 1
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Chapter I Althusser the Anti-humanist, or the Break
- 1 The problem of a ‘Marx’ philosophy 14
- 2 On Stalin’s side 21
- 3 The anti-humanist theses 27
- 4 Althusser between determinism and freedom 40
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Chapter II Althusser the Reader
- 1 The detour through Spinoza 45
- 2 The Theologico-Political Treatise: a politics of discourse 51
- 3 Reading Capital with Spinoza 65
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Chapter III Althusser the Structuralist?
- 1 From ‘structuralist Marxism’ to Spinozist immanentism: a philosophical journey 99
- 2 Determinism and breaks 112
- 3 Cut and symptom reading 145
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3 Cut and symptom reading
- 1 Thinking about the conjuncture 154
- 2 A detour via Machiavelli 163
- 3 Spinoza Machiavellianus 181
- 4 Interpellation and constitution of the subject 189
- 5 Is it easy to be a Spinozist in philosophy? 197
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Chapter V Althusser and the Aleatory
- 1 Between necessity and the aleatory 205
- 2 The crisis of Marxism 209
- 3 The ‘manifestos’ of aleatory materialism 215
- 4 What does aleatory materialism oppose? 228
- 5 Spinoza in ‘The Only Materialist Tradition’ 247
- 6 A situation without politics 258
- Conclusion: Reason beyond the Principle of Reason 261
- Bibliography 266
- Index 277
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Preface Immanent Influence: The Power of Spinoza in Althusser viii
- Acknowledgements xiv
- Spinoza Citation Style and Abbreviations xvi
- Abbreviations of Althusser’s Works xviii
- Introduction: Philosophy as Detour 1
-
Chapter I Althusser the Anti-humanist, or the Break
- 1 The problem of a ‘Marx’ philosophy 14
- 2 On Stalin’s side 21
- 3 The anti-humanist theses 27
- 4 Althusser between determinism and freedom 40
-
Chapter II Althusser the Reader
- 1 The detour through Spinoza 45
- 2 The Theologico-Political Treatise: a politics of discourse 51
- 3 Reading Capital with Spinoza 65
-
Chapter III Althusser the Structuralist?
- 1 From ‘structuralist Marxism’ to Spinozist immanentism: a philosophical journey 99
- 2 Determinism and breaks 112
- 3 Cut and symptom reading 145
-
3 Cut and symptom reading
- 1 Thinking about the conjuncture 154
- 2 A detour via Machiavelli 163
- 3 Spinoza Machiavellianus 181
- 4 Interpellation and constitution of the subject 189
- 5 Is it easy to be a Spinozist in philosophy? 197
-
Chapter V Althusser and the Aleatory
- 1 Between necessity and the aleatory 205
- 2 The crisis of Marxism 209
- 3 The ‘manifestos’ of aleatory materialism 215
- 4 What does aleatory materialism oppose? 228
- 5 Spinoza in ‘The Only Materialist Tradition’ 247
- 6 A situation without politics 258
- Conclusion: Reason beyond the Principle of Reason 261
- Bibliography 266
- Index 277