Banca de DEFESA: JONATHAN NIGER AMORIM SANTANA

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STUDENT : JONATHAN NIGER AMORIM SANTANA
DATE: 21/02/2025
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: Sala de Congregação (FFCH)
TITLE:

The Relations Between Ideology and Philosophy in Louis Althusser

KEY WORDS:

Ideology. Ideological State Apparatuses. Philosophy. Marxist Philosophy

PAGES: 155
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Filosofia
SUMMARY:

This research aims to examine Althusser's theory of ideology and its reflections on
philosophy, investigating the interrelations between these concepts throughout his intellectual
production. Althusser's theory of ideology can be conceived from two distinct moments: the
first, of an epistemological nature, addresses ideology in relation to scientific knowledge,
defining it as the "pre-history" of science. The second moment is characterized by a socio-
political analysis, in which ideology plays a central role in the reproduction of relations of
production, with the materiality of ideology, carried out through the Ideological State
Apparatuses (ISAs), as its original and central element. Simultaneously, Althusser develops
his theory/conception of philosophy in general and Marxist philosophy—or the Marxist
position in philosophy—in particular. These studies evolve throughout the philosopher's
intellectual trajectory, initially conceiving philosophy in general as fully identified with
ideology, while Marxist philosophy is closer to a scientific discipline. These understandings
undergo successive reformulations, eventually leading to the comprehension of philosophy as,
ultimately, class struggle in theory. The results of this study indicate that although Althusser's
conceptions of ideology and philosophy initially develop in parallel, they progressively
intertwine. Philosophy emerges as a "theoretical laboratory," playing a crucial role in unifying
various secondary ideologies into a dominant ideology.

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