Essays in Self-Criticism

Louis Althusser

Essays in
Self-Criticism

Translated by Grahame Lock

Réponse à John Lewis was published by François Maspero, 1973
© Louis Althusser, 1973
Eléments d'Autocritique was published by Librairie Hachette, 1974
© Louis Althusser, 1974
Est-Il Simple d'Etre Marxiste en Philosophie? was published in
La Pensée, October 1975
© Louis Althusser, 1975
This edition, Essays in Self-Criticism, first published 1976
© NLB, 1976

Prepared © for the Internet by David J. Romagnolo,
djr@marx2mao.org (July 2003)

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Contents

[ Part 1 -- 255k]

Preface

vii

Introduction

1

1. Reply to John Lewis

33

[Forward]

[34]

Reply to John Lewis

35

Note on "The Critique of the Personality Cult"

78

Remark on the Category: "Process without a
Subject or Goal(s)

94

[ Part 2 -- 305k]

2. Elements of Self-Criticism

101

[Forward]

[102]

Elements of Self-Criticism

105

On the Evolution of the Young Marx

151

3. Is it Simple to be a Marxist in Philosophy?

163

"Something New"

208

Bibliography

217

Index

222

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Contents
[ Part 1 -- 255k]
Preface	vii
Introduction	1
1. Reply to John Lewis	33
[Forward]	[34]
Reply to John Lewis	35
Note on "The Critique of the Personality Cult"	78
Remark on the Category: "Process without a Subject or Goal(s)	94
[ Part 2 -- 305k]
2. Elements of Self-Criticism	101
[Forward]	[102]
Elements of Self-Criticism	105
On the Evolution of the Young Marx	151
3. Is it Simple to be a Marxist in Philosophy?	163
"Something New"	208
Bibliography	217
Index	222