by Louis Althusser · Laia · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788472228665
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«Elementos de autocrítica» is a philosophy essay by Louis Althusser, published by Laia in paperback (85 pages, in Spanish).
Althusser argues that Marx inaugurated a new field of knowledge, the science of History, and that this achievement cannot be undone. In this essay, Althusser revisits his earlier texts Pour Marx and Lire le Capital and reconsiders his intellectual trajectory within Marxism.
The book was published in 1975 and belongs to structuralist thought. On the cover, the title appears as «Elementos de auto-crítica». ISBN 9788472228665.
For readers of philosophy and those interested in Marxism who want to learn about Althusser's revision of his own work.
Louis Pierre Althusser was a French Marxist philosopher who studied at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, where he eventually became professor of philosophy. Althusser's life was marked by periods of intense mental illness. In 1980, he killed his wife, the sociologist Hélène Rytmann, by strangling her. He was declared unfit to stand trial due to insanity and committed to a psychiatric hospital for three years. He did little further academic work, dying in 1990.
