{"product_id":"althussers-lesson-paperback","title":"Althusser's Lesson - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJacques Ranci?re\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEmiliano Battista\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJacques Ranci?re's first major work, \u003ci\u003eAlthusser's Lesson\u003c\/i\u003e appeared in 1974, just as the energies of May 68 were losing ground to the calls for a return to order. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRanci?re's analysis of Althusserian Marxism unfolds against this background: what is the relationship between the return to order and the enthusiasm which greeted the publication of Althusser's \u003ci\u003eReply to John Lewis\u003c\/i\u003e in 1973? How to explain the rehabilitation of a philosophy that had been declared 'dead and buried on the barricades of May 68'? What had changed? The answer to this question takes the form of a genealogy of Althusserianism that is, simultaneously, an account of the emergence of militant student movements in the '60s, of the arrival of Maoism in France, and of how May 68 rearranged all the pieces anew. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEncompassing the book's distinctive combination of theoretical analysis and historical description is a question that has guided Ranci?re's thought ever since: how do theories of subversion become the rationale for order?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJacques Ranci?re taught at the University of Paris VIII, France, from 1969 to 2000, occupying the Chair of Aesthetics and Politics from 1990 until his retirement. \u003cbr\u003eEmiliano Battista is the translator of Jacques Ranci?re's Althusser's Lesson (Continuum, 2011) and Film Fables (Berg, 2006).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 23, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47578603094237,"sku":"9781350009110","price":54.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/Ik_8eIa5ym9781350009110.webp?v=1773508552","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/althussers-lesson-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}