Machiavelli and Us
Machiavelli and Us by Louis Althusser, published by Verso Books on January 10, 2011, is a second edition that spans 160 pages. This work presents Althusser’s lecture course on Machiavelli, originally delivered at the École Normale Supérieure in 1972 and revised until the mid-1980s. The text explores the significance of Machiavelli within Althusser’s philosophical framework, highlighting his enduring influence alongside figures like Spinoza and Marx.
Readers will find a detailed examination of Machiavelli’s ideas and their implications for political philosophy and ideology. Althusser’s insights aim to clarify the complexities of Machiavelli’s thought and its relevance to contemporary discussions in political science, particularly within the contexts of communism, post-communism, and socialism. This edition serves as a valuable resource for those interested in the intersections of philosophy and political theory during the Renaissance.
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“We do not publish our own drafts, that is, our own mistakes, but we do sometimes publish other people’s,” Louis Althusser once observed of Marx’s early writings. Among his own posthumously released drafts, one, at least, is incontestably neither mistake nor out-take: the text of his lecture course on Machiavelli, originally delivered at the École Normale Supérieure in 1972, intermittently revised up to the mid-1980s, and carefully prepared for publication after his death in 1990.
Though only appearing as an occasional reference in the Marxist philosopher’s oeuvre, Machiavelli was an unseen constant presence. For together with Spinoza and Marx, Machiavelli was a veritable Althusserian passion. Machiavelli and Us reveals why, and will be welcomed for the light it sheds on the richly complex thought of its author.
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