Reading Althusser Steven B Smith 1984 First Edition Review Copy HC w/DJ D2

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Reading Althusser: An Essay on Structural Marxism by Steven B. Smith. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1984. First edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. ISBN 0-8014-1672-8. A review copy, retaining the Cornell University Press “For Review” card noting publication year and price, along with laid-in review-related material from The Review of Politics. An excellent association copy for collectors of political theory, Marxist studies, structuralism, or academic review-copy material. Smith offers a critical study of Louis Althusser, one of the most influential and controversial Marxist theorists of the twentieth century. The book examines Althusser’s structural Marxism, his break with orthodox and humanist Marxist traditions, and the broader implications of his thought for political theory, history, and social science.