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Thompson took issue with the Yet, there is a consistent,
French philosopher Louis reasoned and principled sanity
Althusser (1918-90) who in all his acerbic engagements
introduced the fashion for and arguments. Certainly, his
structuralism into Marxism assertion that "causes which
(see page 44). His trenchant were lost in England might, in
counterblast to Althusserian Asia or Africa, yet be won"
Marxism, published as The offers us a vision of plurality
Poverty of Theory (1978), and openness that is worth
made him an ambiguous figure following.
for many practitioners of
cultural studies.
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