In the emptiness of a distance taken – Althusser and the Practice of Philosophy

Authors

  • Alexandre Pinto Mendes Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2447-9012.espinosa.2011.89432

Keywords:

Althusser, Defintition, Philosophy, Pratice, Struggle

Abstract

My aim is to discuss the conditions and implications of the displacement performed by Althusser from his inicial definition of philosophy as the “theory of theoretical pratice” to a later definition of philosophy as struggle and as positiontaking over the emptyness. We issue as an hypothesis that it would be accurate to apply to althusserian works the concept of an epistemological rupture or cut, and that it could lead us to understand the passage from the dialetical materialism to aleatory materialism as Althusser’s own “theoretical revolution”.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Author Biography

  • Alexandre Pinto Mendes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
    Professor do Departamento de Ciências Jurídicas da Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro. Doutorando em Teoria do Estado e Direito Constitucional pela PUC-Rio. Graduado em Filosofia pela UFRJ.

Published

2011-12-15

Issue

Section

Artigos

How to Cite

Mendes, A. P. (2011). In the emptiness of a distance taken – Althusser and the Practice of Philosophy. Cadernos Espinosanos, 25, 89-111. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2447-9012.espinosa.2011.89432