@book {80803, title = {On the Reproduction of Capitalism: Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses}, year = {2014}, pages = {288}, publisher = {Verso}, organization = {Verso}, edition = {Later Edition}, abstract = {

Louis Althusser{\textquoteright}s renowned short text {\textquoteright}Ideology and\ Ideological State Apparatuses{\textquoteright} radically transformed the\ concept of the subject, the understanding of the state\ and even the very frameworks of cultural, political and\ literary theory. The text has influenced thinkers such as\ Judith Butler, Ernesto Laclau and Slavoj {\v Z}i{\v z}ek.

The piece is, in fact, an extract from a much longer book,\ On the Reproduction of Capitalism, until now unavailable\ in English. Its publication makes possible a reappraisal\ of seminal Althusserian texts already available in English,\ their place in Althusser{\textquoteright}s oeuvre and the relevance of\ his ideas for contemporary theory.\ On the Reproduction\ of Capitalism\ develops Althusser{\textquoteright}s conception of historical\ materialism, outlining the conditions of reproduction\ in capitalist society and the revolutionary struggle for\ its overthrow.

Written in the afterglow of May 1968, the text addresses\ a question that continues to haunt us today: in a society\ that proclaims its attachment to the ideals of liberty and\ equality, why do we witness the ever-renewed reproduction\ of relations of domination? Both a conceptually\ innovative text and a key theoretical tool for activists,\ On the Reproduction of Capitalism\ is an essential addition\ to the corpus of the twentieth-century Left.

}, isbn = {978-1781681640}, author = {Althusser, Louis} }