Reading Capital

Establishing a rigorous program of &quote;symptomatic reading&quote; that cuts through the silences and lacunae of Capital to reveal its philosophical core, Louis Althusser interprets Marx's structural analysis of production as a revolutionary break-the basis of a completely new science. Building on a series of Althussers's conceptual innovations that includes &quote;overdetermination&quote; and &quote;social formation,&quote; ,tienne Balibar explores the historical and structural facets of production as Marx understood them, scrutinizing many of the most fundamental points in Capital, as though for the first time.