THE PORTRAIT OF A PHILOSOPHER: LOUIS ALTHUSSER IN HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL CONTEXT

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2025-9-25

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Torun, Can Özgür

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This thesis aims to reread Louis Althusser in the historical and political context, which is defined by the changing conjuncture, in an effort to prevent the wholesale rejection of the Althusserian theoretical framework. This rereading highlights the politically militant and theoretically distinct character of the Althusserian theoretical framework. Althusser’s project is presented as a political intervention rather than a theoretical intervention. For this presentation, several notions are introduced to highlight the political character of the intervention such as “neo-orthodoxy” and “dual identity”. Althusser’s unique contributions to Marxist philosophy and his efforts to revise his theoretical framework as a result of the several criticisms he faced are also examined in this thesis. Limitations and strengths of the Althusserian problematic and Althusser’s theoretical and political legacy are assessed, and its continuing theoretical and political importance is stressed.

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Louis Althusser, historical and political context, conjuncture, problematic, Marxist philosophy

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/116130

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Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis