Today We Are In A Position To Return To Althusser S Work In A New Way, And Make A New Assessment Of It, Writes Frederic Jameson In His Introduction To This New Edition Of Louis Althusser S Lenin And Philosophy. No Figure Loomed Larger Than Althusser In Marxist Thought In The West During The 1960S And 70S The Decades In Which The Soviet Model Was Discredited In The West And New Avenues Opened Up In Marxist Philosophy And Politics. Althusser Stood Out For His Attempt To Define A Marxist Philosophy That Was Rigorous, Scientific, And Revolutionary.
Capitalism 4.0: The Birth of a New Economy in the Aftermath of Crisis
In early 2009, many economists, financiers, and media pundits were confidently predicting the end of the American-led capitalism that has shaped history and economics for the past 100 years. Yet the U.S. economic model, far from being discredited, may be strengthened by the financial crisis.
