Philosophy and the Spontaneous Philosophy of the Scientists

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.