Louis Althusser

13.8k citations
120 papers · 5.0k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 18
Topics
Marxism and Critical Theory (28 papers)Political Economy and Marxism (13 papers)Philosophy, Sociology, Political Theory (7 papers)

In The Last Decade

Louis Althusser

88 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

Lenin and Philosophy and Other Essays19712026198920071971201410002.0k3.0k

Peers

Louis Althusser
Comparison fields: 5 of 139
  • Sociology and Political Science 2.7k
  • Philosophy 906
  • Political Science and International Relations 857
  • Education 613
  • Literature and Literary Theory 602
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All Works

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#WorkIndexed citations
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Livre sur l’impérialisme
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2
Qu'est-ce que la philosophie ?
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3 1
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The humanist controversy and other writings (1966-67)
50
5 0
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13. Le marxisme aujourd'hui (1978)
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7
Solitude de Machiavel et autres textes
5
8
6. La philosophie comme arme de la révolution
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11. Enfin la crise du marxisme ! (1977)
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10
The Future Lasts a Long Time ; and, the Facts
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11
Sur Althusser passages
2
12
El porvenir es largo: ; Los hechos
4
13
Machiavelli, Montesquieu, Rousseau Zur Politischen Philosophie der Neuzeit
3
14
Montesquieu : la politique et l'histoire
18
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Dos o tres palabras (brutales) sobre marx y lenin
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Die Krise des Marxismus
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Lénine et la philosophie, suivi de Marx et Lénine devant Hegel
2
18
Lenin und die Philosophie
2
19
¿es fácil ser marxista en filosofía?
1
20
Freud y Lacan
0

About Louis Althusser

Louis Althusser is a scholar working on General Social Sciences, Philosophy and Sociology and Political Science, having authored 120 papers that have together received 5.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Marxism and Critical Theory (28 papers), Political Economy and Marxism (13 papers) and Philosophy, Sociology, Political Theory (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Philosophy (906 citations), Sociology and Political Science (2.7k citations) and Literature and Literary Theory (602 citations). Louis Althusser has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Burundi and France. Frequent co-authors include G. M. Goshgarian, Étienne Balibar, Jacques Bidet, Wolf Heydebrand, Frieder Wolf, Gregory Elliott, Yann Moulier Boutang, Warren Montag, Gerard Duménil and Ben Brewster. Their work appears in journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Theory Culture & Society.

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