Louis Althusser

Tags: Philosopher.

Louis Pierre Althusser (French: [altysɛʁ]; 16 October 1918 – 22 October 1990) was a French Marxist philosopher. He was born in Algeria and studied at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris where he eventually became Professor of Philosophy.Althusser was a longtime member—although sometimes a strong critic—of the French Communist Party. His arguments and thesis were set against the threats that he saw attacking the theoretical foundations of Marxism.

birth date

1918-10-16

birth place

Algeria, French Algeria, Bir Mourad Raïs

death date

1990-10-22

death place

Paris

era

20th-century philosophy

influenced

Michel Foucault

influenced by

Karl Marx

main interest

Economics, Politics, Ideology

philosophicalSchool

Structuralism, Marxism

region

Western philosophy