Louis althusser, ideology summary.
Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses by Althusser- Explained
Althusser’s “Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses (Notes Towards an Investigation)” is a part of a larger essay “On the Reproduction of Capitalism” which was included in “Lenin and Philosophy and Other Essays”, published in It is one of the most important essays on Marxism.
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In the very beginning of his essay, Althusser introduces the Ideological State Apparatuses (ISAs), a concept that along with the Repressive State Apparatuses (prisons, courts, army, police etc.) constitutes and perpetuates the State power.
In order to understand how the state comes and remains in power, one must understand both - the Ideological State Apparatuses as well as the Repressive State Apparatuses.
He then proceeds to introduce and explain ideology, and how we are all subjects continuously shaped and controlled by it even when we feel that we are free.
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