Althusser: the detour of theory

Review "[...] The Detour of Theory must be counted as amongst the best biographies of a postwar Marxist; Elliott, in detail, tracks Althusser's different positions over time on the nature of philosophy and its relation to science and historical materialism." - Simon Chilvers, Macquarie University, in: Review of Radical Political Economics, March 2011, 43: 115-117 Product Description An expanded and updated version of the fullest account in English of the philosophico-political career of Louis Althusser and the fate of his controversial reconstruction of Marxism, containing a substantial new postscript and a comprehensive bibliography. About the Author Gregory Elliott was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, where he completed his D.Phil. on Louis Althusser in 1985. An independent translator and writer, his books include Perry Anderson: The Merciless Laboratory of History (1998). His most recent translation is Luc Boltanski and Eve Chiapello's The New Spirit of Capitalism(2006).