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Killer Althusser: The Banality of Men

Killer Althusser: The Banality of Men

Dupuis-Déri, Francis
Bull, Mélissa

Paperback

Series: Provocations, Book 3

CriminologyWomen's Studies

Publisher Price: $10.99

ISBN10: 1771136774
ISBN13: 9781771136778
Publisher: Between the Lines
Published: Jul 22 2025
Pages: 100
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.25 Width: 4.50 Depth: 7.00
Language: English
On November 16, 1980, the Marxist philosopher Louis Althusser strangled his wife in their Parisian apartment, in a period when she was thinking of leaving him. What do we know about Hélène Legotien today? Almost nothing, except that she was murdered by her illustrious spouse. In a sense, Althusser killed her twice, first, by his own hands and second, by dominating the public space to talk about himself.

What then is the political significance of this femicide and the discourse about it which has taken shape in the public space? Delving into the writings of the murderer and his allies in the French intelligentsia, Killer Althusser reasserts the patriarchal violence of the murder, masculine solidarity, and the complacency of a cultural elite.

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