Politics and philosophy: Niccolò Machiavelli and Louis Althusser's aleatory materialism

Louis Althusser’s interpretation of Niccolò Machiavelli has never really beenstudied in any detail as an analysis of political action and intervention. The same is also true for Althusser’s notion of aleatory materialism. Instead, these have conventionally been studied from the viewpoint of a philosophical perspective in which politics is excluded. The objective of the present book thus runs against many of the prevailing views onAlthusser. Here the emphasis is placed on Althusser's advancement of a theory of materialist politics.The mainargument put forward is that, for Althusser, it was essential to reflect on how the conjunctural understanding of history and reality could offer a theoretical starting point for a subversive political strategy.

• ISBN: 978-90-04-17650-8
• Editorial: Brill
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 327
• Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Desconocido