What is to be Done?

What is to be done? This was the question asked by Lenin in 1901 when he was having doubts about the revolutionary capabilities of the Russian working class. 77 years later, Louis Althusser asked the same question. Faced with the tidal wave of May '68 and the recurrent hostility of the Communist Party towards the protests, he wanted to offer readers a succinct guide for the revolution to come. Lively, brilliant and engaged, this short text is wholly oriented towards one objective: to organise the working class struggle. Althusser provides a sharp critique of Antonio Gramsci's writings and of Eurocommunism, which seduced various Marxists at the time. But this book is above all the opportunity for Althusser to state what he had not succeeded in articulating elsewhere: what concrete conditions would need to be satisfied before the revolution could take place. Left unfinished, it is published here in English for the first time.

Louis Althusser (1918-1990) was a leading Marxist philosopher and an influential figure in the French Communist Party.  He taught philosophy for many years at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris and his many books include History and Imperialism, For Marx, Reading Capital (with Étienne Balibar and others) and Lenin and Philosophy.

Verwandte Artikel

What Is to Be Done? Althusser, Louis

51,50 €*

Weitere Produkte vom selben Autor

Download
ePUB
Psychoanalysis and the Human Sciences Louis Althusser

34,39 €*
Download
PDF
What is to be Done? Louis Althusser

13,99 €*
Download
PDF
History and Imperialism Louis Althusser

18,99 €*
Download
ePUB
History and Imperialism Louis Althusser

18,99 €*