Essay question: Critically compare and contrast Marcuse’s humanist and Althusser’s antihumanist conceptions of political subjectivity. Discipline: Political Subjectivity The essay is concerned about Herbert Marcuse’s position on humanism and Louis Althusser’s position on antihumanism. Use a minimum of 10 sources from either academic texts or journal articles, with no limit to the amount of sources used. Preferably use primary texts from Marcuse and Althusser. Do not include summary of text. Maximum 3000 words, no less than 2800 words. Structure of essay should include introduction (12.5% of word count), road map (9% of word count, which discusses what will be argued in the text), thesis (2% of word count), main argument and conclusion (12.5% of word count). Recommended sources: Herbert Marcuse (1964) ‘The Catastrophe of Liberation’. In One- Dimensional Man, Routledge, pp. 229-250. Louis Althusser (1984) ‘Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses (Notes towards an Investigation)’. In Essays on Ideology, Verso, pps. 1-60. Abromeit, J. & Cobb, M (eds.) (2004) Herbert Marcuse: A Critical Reader, Routledge. Althusser, L. (2001) Lenin & Philosophy and Other Essays, Monthly Review Press. Althusser, L.(2012) Philosophy and the Spontaneous Philosophy of the Scientists, Verso. Callinicos, A. (1976) Althusser’s Marxism, Pluto Press. Elliot, G. (1987) Althusser: Detour of Theory, Verso. Elliot, G(ed.) (1994) Althusser: A Critical Reader, Blackwell. Ferretter, L. (2005) Althusser, Routledge. Hirst, P. (1976) ‘Althusser and the Theory of Ideology’. In Economy and Society, Vol. 5, I. 4, pp. 385-412. Kellner, D. (1984) Herbert Marcuse and the Crisis of Marxism, Macmillan. Marcuse, H. (1987) Eros and Civilisation, Routledge. Marcuse, H.(1991) Essay on Liberation, Beacon Press. Miles, M (2011) Herbert Marcuse: An Aesthetics of Liberation, Pluto Press. Sprinker, M. (1993) The Althusserian Legacy, Verso. Make sure all references in-text are fully referenced with page numbers. Make sure this criteria is met: § extent to which the remit of the assignment has been met; § technical accuracy with which relevant theoretical arguments and concepts discussed in the module are met; § degree to which theories and concepts are integrated, contextualised and evaluated; § range of source material used; § coherence of the structure and argument; § clarity (clear and grammatically correct use of English, including proper spelling and punctuation) with which ideas are expressed; § the selection and correct attribution of sources in support of an argument. Address the question or title; follow a structured and signposted sequence; demonstrate familiarity with the relevant literature; present an analysis and evaluation of the ideas and theories discussed; reveal internal integration and coherence; use references and examples to support the claims and arguments made; provide detailed references and sources in the bibliography or reference section; be written in good and grammatically correct English. Differences within the range are usually attributable to differences in the quality of analysis and evaluation and internal integration and coherence.
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