Althusser and Pasolini: Philosophy, Marxism, and Film

200 Pages·2016·2.86 MB·English

by  Agon Hamza (auth.)

Althusser
& Pasolini
Philosophy,
Marxism,
and Film
Agon Hamza
Althusser and Pasolini

Agon   Hamza
Althusser and Pasolini
Philosophy, Marxism, and Film
Agon   Hamza
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Ljubljana, Slovenia
ISBN 978-1-137-56651-5 ISBN 978-1-137-56652-2 (eBook)
DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-56652-2
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To Gabriel Tupinambá, my Party member comrade…for now!

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CKNOWLEDGMENTS
I want to thank Stojan Pelko, Geoff Pfeifer, Sead Zimeri, Todd McGowan,
Gabriel Tupinambá, Serene John-Richards, Simon Hajdini, Lidija Šumah,
and Frank Ruda for discussing and reading various chapters of this book.
I want to thank Phil Getz and Alexis Nelson from Palgrave for their
immense help and guidance.
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C
ONTENTS
1 Introduction: Althusser and Pasolini 1
Part I O n Althusser 1 1
2 Contextualization 1 3
3 Periodization 25
4 Taking Sides: Hegel or Spinoza? 2 9
5 Structural Causality 3 9
6 Althusser Before Althusser: From Christianity
to Communism 45
7 Marxists’ Prehistory 47
8 Proletariat of Human Condition Versus
the Proletariat of Labor 53
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