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The volume presents a sequence of philosophical and theoretical essays engaging Marxist theoretical research, structuralism and discourse theory, and debates around Feuerbach and historical tasks of Marxist philosophy. It culminates in “The Humanist Controversy,” followed by an index and a comprehensive list of abbreviations for frequently cited works.","Louis  \nAlthusserThe Humanist Controversy and Other WritingsEdiod by Francois Matheron  \nTranalezted by G.M.Goshgarian  \nThe Humanist Controversyand Other Writings(1966-67)  \nLOUIS ALTHUSSER  \nEdited byFrancois Matheron  \nTranslated and with an Introduction by  \nG.M.Goshgarian  \nThis book is supported by the French Ministry for Foreign Affairsas part of the Burgess Programme,headed for the French Embassyin London by the Institut Français du Royaume Uni  \nFirst published by Verso 2003This edition Verso 2003Translation ◎ G.M.Goshgarian  \nFirst published in Écrits philosophiques et politiques. Tome II andEcrits sur la psychanalyse ◎Editions Stock/IMEC 1993 and 1995  \nAll rights reserved  \nThe moral rights of the authorand translator have been asserted  \n13579108642  \nVerso  \nUK:6 Meard Street,London WIF OEGUSA:180 Varick Street,New York,NY 10014-4606www.versobooks.com  \nVerso is the imprint of New Left Books  \nISBN 1-85984-507-X  \nISBN 1-85984-408-1 (pbk)  \nBritish Library Cataloguing in Publication Data  \nAlthusser, Louis  \nThe humanist controversy and other writings (1966-67)  \n1. Philosophy, French - 20th century 2. Philosophy, Marxist  \n3. Psychoanalysis and philosophy  \n1.Tte l Matheron,Francios Coshgarian,G.M.194  \nISBN 1859844081 PB  \nISBN 185984507X HB  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nA catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress  \nTypeset in 10/12 Palatino by SetSystems Ltd., Saffron Walden, EssexPrinted and bound in Great Britain by the Bath Press Ltd, Avon  \nContents  \nList of Abbreviations  \nxi  \nIntroduction  \nG.M.Goshgarian  \nThe Philosophical Conjuncture and MarxistTheoretical Research  \n1  \nOn Lévi-Strauss  \n19  \nThree Notes on the Theory of Discourses33  \nOn Feuerbach85  \nThe Historical Task of Marxist Philosophy155  \nThe Humanist Controversy221  \nIndex  \n307  \n# List of Abbreviations\n\nBooks or book-length manuscripts by Althusser  \nEI =Essays in Ideology,trans.Ben Brewster et al.London,Verso,1984.  \nEPP=Ecrits philosophiques et politiques,2 vols,Paris,Stock/Imec,1994-95.  \nESC =Essays in Self-Criticism,trans.Grahame Lock,London,Verso,1976.  \nFM=For Marx,trans.Ben Brewster,London,Verso,1996.LF=Lettres a Franca,Paris,Stock/Imec,1998.  \nLP =Lenin and Philosophy and Other Essays,trans.Ben Brew-ster,New York,Monthly Review Press,1971.  \nMRM =Montesquieu,Rousseu,Marx:Politics and History,trans.Ben Brewster,London,Verso,1972.  \nPSH =Psychanalyse et sciences humaines:Deux conferences,ed.Oliver Corpet and Francois Matheron,Paris,Librarie GenéraleFrancaise/Imec,1996.  \nPSPS =Philosophy and the Spontaneous Philosophy of the Scien-tists and Other Essays,ed.Gregory Elliott,trans.Ben Brewsteret al.,London,Verso,1990  \nRC=Reading Capital,trans.Ben Brewster,London,Verso,1979.  \nSH=The Spectre of Hegel:Early Writings,transG.M.Goshgarsian,London,Verso,1997.  \nSISS =Socialisme ideologique et socialisme scientifque,Alt2.A8  \n02.01 to Alt2.A8-02.04(part of TP).  \nSM =Solitude de Machiavel,ed.Yves Sintomer,Paris,PUF/Actuel Marx Confrontations,1998.  \nTP=Mss.on the union of theory and practice,Alt2.A7-01 to  \nAlt2.A7-02.  \nWP=Writings on Psychoanalysis:Freud and Lacan,trans.Jef-frey Mehlman,New York,Columbia University Press,1996.  \nNote:The manuscript of The Historical Taskand otherAlthusser manuscripts referred to in the text are housed atthe Institut Memoires de I'édition contemporaine,Paris  \nAll the texts consulted in Althusser's archives are desig-nated with a string that begins 'Alt2.A’,omitted in the notes.  \n# Shorter texts by Althusser\n\n'ACP′=Aliénation et culte de la personnalité,Alt2.A3-04.  \n'ESC′=Elements of Self-Criticism',ESC 101-50.  \nISMP′='Is it Simple to be a Marxist in Philosophy?\",PSPS203-40.  \nLP′=Lenin and Philosophy',PSPS 167-202.  \n'MHMD′='Matérialisme historique et matérialisme dialec-  \ntique',Cahiers marxistes-leninistes,no.11,April 1966,  \npp.88-122.  \nMPH'=Montesquieu:Politics and History',MRM 10-109.  \nMRH′=Marx's Relation to Hegel,MRM 161-86.  \n'NCA′='No","cbCaiuL15DIdjXD4","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiuL15DIdjXD4","pdf",21842346,3,1,381,"English","en",105,"# Contents\n## Introduction\n## The Philosophical Conjuncture and Marxist Theoretical Research\n## Short Essays and Studies\n## The Humanist Controversy\n## Index\n## List of Abbreviations","[{\"question\":\"Who edited and translated the 1966–67 writings in this volume?\",\"answer\":\"Francois Matheron edited the collection. 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