Althusser and the Politics of a Philosophy for Communism

Join Historical Materialism and Haymarket Books for: Althusser and the Politics of a Philosophy for Communism ---------------------------------------------------- Louis Althusser engaged in a quest for a new practice of philosophy that would enable a new practice of politics for communism, in opposition to idealism and teleology. In his trajectory from the crucial interventions of the 1960s to the texts on aleatory materialism, Althusser remained a communist in philosophy. In his book, A Philosophy for Communism: Rethinking Althusser, Panagiotis Sotiris attempts a reading of the work of the French philosopher centered upon his deeply political conception of philosophy and based upon a reading of the tensions and dynamics running through Althusser’s work and his dialogue with other thinkers. In this discussion, Panagiotis Sotiris reflects on the main theses of the book in conversstion with Svenja Bromberg, Ted Stolze and Peter Thomas, with Maïa Pal chairing The book: Panagiotis Sotiris (2020) A Philosophy