Louis Althusser: Beyond and Within Reductionism

• 발행기관: 한국외국어대학교 영미연구소
• 저자명: 성경준(Kyungjun Sung)
• 간행물 정보: 『영미연구』제26집, 24~37쪽, 전체 14쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2012.06.30

영문 초록

Althusser tried to illuminate a more rigorous and richer definition of Marxist philosophy because he felt that already established interpretations of Marxism cannot comprehend the realities his contemporary society was confronted with. This essay aims to investigate Althusser’s criticism of various interpretations of Marxism, that is to say, empiricism, historicism, humanism, and economism. While interrogating his evaluation of so-called reductionist interpretations of Marxism, this essay also illustrate his various epistemological and historical concepts: knowledge; practice; overdetermination; science; structural causality; subject and ideology. This essay ultimately interrogates his concept of subjectivity and reductionism. Although Althusser tried to overcome the reductionist interpretations of Marxism through his reinterpretation of it, it seemed that he could not escape the trap of reductionism completely. His theory of the ISAs (Ideological State Apparatuses) to the question of “the reproduction of the relations of production” reveals his functionalism. His reductionism is also shown in his concept of science because Althusser excludes science from the social formation. Even though his theoretical and philosophical concepts cannot completely get out of reductionism, it can be said that he built the new road sign in interpreting Marxism.

목차

Ⅰ. Introduction

Ⅱ. Beyond Reductionism: His Criticism of Established Interpretations of Marxism

Ⅲ. Within Reductionism: His Concepts of the ISAs and Science

Ⅳ. Conclusion

Works Cited

Abstract

키워드

루이 알튀세 막시즘 환원주의 주체성 이데올로기 Louis Althusser Marxism Reductionism Subjectivity Ideology