The Legal Subject in Althusser’s Political Theory

Buonamano, R

The Legal Subject in Althusser’s Political Theory

Buonamano, R

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Law and Critique, 2014, 25 (3), pp. 231 - 248
Issue Date:: 2014-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Buonamano, R https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1545-4713	en_US
dc.date.issued	2014-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Law and Critique, 2014, 25 (3), pp. 231 - 248	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0957-8536	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/121724
dc.description.abstract	© 2014, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. There are three dominant conceptual developments in Althusser’s work that suggest the significance of the subject. One is the perpetual work of ideology—its interpellation of individuals. The second is the primacy of the class struggle in relation to the state, and the consequential function of law and rights. The third is the materialism of the encounter as a process without subject. An examination of these three areas (in part, utilising a Foucauldian analysis of subjectivity and power relations) reveals the potentially and strategically important role of legal subjectivity in Althusser’s theory of the political.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Law and Critique	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1007/s10978-014-9139-3	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Criminology	en_US
dc.title	The Legal Subject in Althusser’s Political Theory	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	3	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	25	en_US
utslib.for	1801 Law	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Law
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	3	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	25	en_US

Abstract:

© 2014, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. There are three dominant conceptual developments in Althusser’s work that suggest the significance of the subject. One is the perpetual work of ideology—its interpellation of individuals. The second is the primacy of the class struggle in relation to the state, and the consequential function of law and rights. The third is the materialism of the encounter as a process without subject. An examination of these three areas (in part, utilising a Foucauldian analysis of subjectivity and power relations) reveals the potentially and strategically important role of legal subjectivity in Althusser’s theory of the political.

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