The publication of Reading Capital--by Louis Althusser, Etienne Balibar, Roger Establet, Pierre Macherey, and Jacques Ranciere--in 1965 marked a key intervention in Marxist philosophy and critical theory, bringing forth a stunning array of concepts that continue to inspire philosophical reflection of the highest magnitude. The Concept in Crisis reconsiders the volume's reading of Marx and renews its call for a critique of capitalism and culture for the twenty-first century. The contributors--who include Alain Badiou, Etienne Balibar, and Fernanda Navarro--interrogate Althusser's...

The publication of Reading Capital--by Louis Althusser, Etienne Balibar, Roger Establet, Pierre Macherey, and Jacques Ranciere--in 1965 marked a key intervention in Marxist philosophy and critical theory, bringing forth a stunning array of concepts that continue to inspire philosophical reflection of the highest magnitude. The Concept in Crisis reconsiders the volume's reading of Marx and renews its call for a critique of capitalism and culture for the twenty-first century. The contributors--who include Alain Badiou, Etienne Balibar, and Fernanda Navarro--interrogate Althusser's...