Essays on Ideology — Louis Althusser

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Louis Althusser’s 'Essays on Ideology' is a collection of some of his most important writings on Marxism, ideology and the ways in which social structures shape individual thought and behaviour. First published in English by Verso in 1976 and reissued in 1984, the collection includes the influential essay 'Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses', alongside writings engaging with Marxism, psychoanalysis and the work of Freud and Lacan. Althusser examines how ideology operates through institutions and everyday practices, and how individuals are constituted as subjects within society. An important work in twentieth-century Marxist philosophy, the book remains particularly significant for the study of ideology, politics, philosophy and cultural theory.