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A prominent member of the French structuralist movement, Louis Althusser was influential for reinvigorating Marxist thought in France in the 196Os with celebrated works such as For Marx and Reading Capital. Yet many readers are not as familiar with the profound impact of psychoanalysis on Althusser's life and work. Writings on Psychoanalysis gathers, for the first time, Althusser's major essays on psychoanalytic thought. The volume begins with Freud and Lacan, which lays the groundwork for comprehending Althusser's entry into psychoanalysis. Letters to D. was the result of Althusser's fervent…
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2 editions- Paperback · English · 1999Columbia University Press · 208 pages · 9780231101691
- Other · English · 1996Columbia University Press · 194 pages · 9780231101684
PsychoanalysisFreud, sigmund, 1856-1939Lacan, jacques, 1901-1981PSYCHOLOGYMovementsPsychanalyse