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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"Althusser"”.
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A Structuralist Controversy: Althusser and Lacan on Ideology
<p>Slavoj Zizek argues that, if Althusser was an adamant structuralist who reduced subject to a mere function of ideology, Lacan was a genuine critic of such a position, who showed how the subject can separate itself from the symbolic structure of ideology. Zizek's portrayal of the debate, however, …
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Between work : Michel Foucault, Louis Althusser and Jacques Martin
… of Jacques Martin, Michel Foucault and Louis Althusser there are moments, images and texts which tempt us to say, ah... 'that's he,' and furthermore, 'that is his work.' Yet, the textual collaborations of Foucault, Martin and Althusser can be seen as process of subjectivation, even …
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On interpellation: an introduction to specular sociology
Louis Althusser's theory of interpellation represents certain social phenomena (including, but not limited to: class, state power, philosophy, and art) as being constituted by mirror structures of mis/recognition (cf. Althusser, 2014, 2003, 1971a, 1970). A specular interpretation of socialisation …
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"Can You Hail Me Now?": Brand, Identity, and Althusserian Ideological Interpellation
… the vision of French Marxist philosopher, Louis Althusser. Althusser’s philosophy inspects the human capacity to exercise autonomous decision-making and highlights the influence of social structures upon individuals. Through the Althusserian constructs of ideology and interpellation, as well as …
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The old New Wave : a study of the 'New Wave' in British science fiction during the 1960s and early 1970s, with special reference to the works of Brian W. Aldiss, J.G. Ballard, Harry Harrison and Michael Moorcock
… of elements of the ideological theories of Louis Althusser. The New Wave is seen as a change in the ideological framework of the science fiction establishment. For oonvenience, the progress of the New Wave is divided into three stages, each covered by a chapter. Works by the four most prominent …
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Reading Alfred C. Kinsey: Sexuality and Discourse in Mid-Century America
… Alfred C. Kinsey through the theories of Louis Althusser and Michel Foucault. In the second chapter I look at Kinsey's Female volume and argue that he uses the mid-century concern for marriage as a strategy for sexual liberation. Next, I trace the ways in which four female, post-Kinsey writers …
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A critique of aspects of Louis Althusser's epistemology as employed by Manuel Castells
… is an assessment of Castells' claim to have used Althusserian epistemology both as a theoretical basis for a critique of empiricist urban sociology, and in the establishment of a Marxist scientific alternative. To this end, Castells employed the Althusserian conception of the social totality, …
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Gaston Bachelard's scientific philosophy: an approach to science and technology studies
… as Georges Canguilhen, Alexandre Koyré, Louis Althusser and Michel Foucault. His works definitely deserve wider exposure, as they easily connect with problems that American scholars pursue today in Science Studies.
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A Structural View of Knowledge and A Constitutive View of Knowledge: An Analysis of Reproductive Education Theory
… & Gintis's, 1976, 1980, economic structuralism; Althusser's, 1969, 1971, 1976; and Althusser & Balibar's, 1970, discursive structuralism; Bourdieu's, 1977a, 1977b, 1977c, 1980, 1984 cultural structuralism; and Bourdieu & Passeron's, 1977) and culturalism (e.g., Willis, 1977, 1981, 1983; Willis & …
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L'intelligibilité de la pratique. Entre Foucault et Sartre
… permits a confrontation with Marx and marxisms (Althusser mainly), as well as with social sciences (Bourdieu mostly).
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Marx's Conception of the Status of Ethics in Capitalist Society
… of the two foundations of an ethics or morality: Althusser, Ollman, and Meszaros. It is argued in the principal part of the dissertation that Marx did believe a conception of the good life relevant to capitalist society, that there is a basis for moral agency in capitalist society, and thus that …
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PEDAGOGICAL PRAXIS IN AN AGE OF PRIVATIZATION: THE CONTRADICTION OF CHARTER SCHOOLS
… are analyzed using the critical theory of Louis Althusser who identifies ideological systems and Paulo Freire who discusses the goals of public education as a “democratizing” experience.</p>
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Det vardagliga och det vetenskapliga : Om sociologins begrepp
… by the scholarships of Émile Durkheim, Louis Althusser and Pierre Bourdieu; (2) the everyday-life-oriented theory of continuity between everyday life and social science, represented by Peter Winch, Harold Garfinkel and Dorothy E. Smith. By means of an explorative theoretical reconstruction and …
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O jornal E.T.V. (1943-1960) da Escola Técnica de Vitória/ ES: memórias acerca do projeto de disciplinamento para a educação profissional do Ifes
… subcategories. Discipline, analyzed in light of Althusser (1987), Foucault (2010) and Ariès (2021), proved to be transversal to the other categories, serving as an instrument of domination. As Technical and Technological Production of the research, a thematic catalog was developed with newspaper …
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De la cientificidad del marxismo. El materialismo histórico como una tradición de investigación progresiva y crítica en las ciencias sociales
… histórico como aquellas inauguradas por Lukács y Althusser. Luego, para lograr demostrar la progresividad de dicha tradición, el autor procede a evaluar una de las teorías más interesantes de la tradición del materialismo histórico: aquella de la teoría crítica de la dependencia en boca de una de …
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Kristeva’s Social Theory: A Lacanian Critique for Education
… it is formulated in relation to the theories of Althusser, Hegel and Lacan. Each chapter aims to displace an accepted or dominant interpretation by Kristeva and also by her readers. In reconstructing the problematic that is concealed in Kristeva’s work, I will explore how her theory maintains an …
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Biosemiotics as systems theory: an investigation into biosemiotics as the grounding for a new form of cultural analysis
… is argued to be an 'uneven development' (Althusser 1965). The following thesis reveals much that biosemiotics has left unconsidered: the continuing relevance of systems theory, especially in relation to information and observership, and reveals this through the strength of the principle of …
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Making political films politically?:the film-making practice of Jean-Luc Godard
… through to its influence on Marxism, with Althusser. It is this `Structural Marxism' which prepared the ground for a view of Godard as a revolutionary film-maker so its influences on film theory in the decade after 1968 is traced in journals such as Cahiers du Cinéma and Screen and in the …
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Communication Technologies and Society: Causality and Intervention
… as developed by the French philosopher Louis Althusser, is explicated. By utilizing a model of causality as structural it is possible to overcome the deficiencies of the previous models and form the basis for a critical and comprehensive inquiry into the relationship between communication …
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