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jacobinreads's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.75
This has a well-deserved status as a classic. Though some of this volume is pretty ancillary and inside-baseball in the realm of theory, the essay on Ideological State Apparatuses is necessary reading. Althusser writes fairly clearly, and his analysis of how our society reproduces itself is foundational to so much important contemporary work. For the student of Gramsci who is questioning how hegemony reproduces itself, this is a necessary next step.
alexlanz's review
A surprisingly fast and enjoyable read. The classic paper on ISAs is basically Freudian, which I bet would explain much of its appeal.
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