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Philosophy as Class Struggle
- Philosophy, according to Althusser, is class struggle in theory.
- This means philosophy always expresses political interests, either bourgeois or proletarian.
Theory and Class Instincts
- Althusser argues theory helps educate the proletariat's class instincts.
- It also helps revolutionize bourgeois intellectuals' class instincts.
No Autonomous Philosophy
- Althusser rejects the idea of autonomous philosophical practice.
- He argues all philosophy is embedded in material class struggles.