p. 117
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While speaking in ideology, and from within ideology we have to outline a discourse which tries to break with ideology, in order to dare to be the beginning of a scientific (i.e. subject-less) discourse on ideology.
— Louis Althusser
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Source: Wikiquote: "Louis Althusser" (Quotes, Lenin and Philosophy and Other Essays (1968): LΓ©nine et la philosophie (1968) as translated by Ben Brewster (Monthly Review Press: 1971), "Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses": Full text online)
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About Louis Althusser
Louis Pierre Althusser (16 October 1918 β 22 October 1990) was a French Marxist philosopher.
About Louis Althusser
Louis Pierre Althusser (16 October 1918 β 22 October 1990) was a French Marxist philosopher.
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