Social Science Feminism & Feminist Theory
Killer Althusser
The Banality of Men
- Publisher
- Between the Lines
- Initial publish date
- May 2025
- Category
- Feminism & Feminist Theory, General, Violence in Society
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781771136785
- Publish Date
- May 2025
- List Price
- $12.99
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Description
On November 16, 1980, the Marxist philosopher Louis Althusser strangled his wife when she tried to leave 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 and his own death.
What then is the political significance of this feminicide and the discourse about it which has taken shape in the public space? Delving into the writings of the murderer and his allies, Killer Althusser reasserts the patriarchal violence of the murder, masculine solidarity, and the complacency of a cultural elite.
About the authors
Francis Dupuis-Déri teaches political science at Université du Québec à Montréal and is the author of numerous books and articles about anarchism, including Who's Afraid of the Black Blocs? Anarchy in Action Around the World (Between the Lines, 2013). His father, Thomas Déri, is a former publisher, an editor and translator, co-founder of the Librairie du Québec bookstore in Paris, and former director of the Salon du livre book fair in Montreal.
