In the late 1970s and 1980s, Louis Althusser endured a period of intense mental instability during which he murdered his wife and was committed to a psychiatric hospital. Spanning this deeply troubling period, this fourth and final volume of political and philosophical writings reveals Althusser wrestling in a creative and unorthodox fashion with a whole series of theoretical problems to produce some of his very finest work. In his profound exploration of questions of determinism and contingency, Althusser developed a "philosophy of the encounter," which he links to a hidden and subterranean tradition in the history of Western thought.
- ISBN10 1844670694
- ISBN13 9781844670697
- Publish Date 19 May 2006
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 20 February 2017
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Verso Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 299
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9781844670697