Pierre Macherey

Pierre Macherey
Born (1938-02-17) 17 February 1938 (age 88)
Belfort, France
Education
EducationÉcole Normale Supérieure
Academic advisor
Louis Althusser
Philosophical work
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
Continental philosophy
Structural Marxism
Marxist literary criticism
InstitutionsParis I
Lille III
Main interests
History of philosophy
Literary theory
Notable ideas
The literary work as ideological production

Pierre Macherey (French: [maʃrɛ]; born 17 February 1938) is a French philosopher and literary theorist at the University of Lille Nord de France. A former student of Louis Althusser and contributor to Reading Capital, he is a key figure in French post-structuralism and Marxist philosophy. His work has influenced literary criticism and continental philosophy in Europe, including Britain, but is generally little read in the United States.

Scholarly work

Macherey is known for his contribution to Reading Capital and his influential work in Marxist literary criticism, especially his account of the literary work as ideological production.

Since 2000, he has participated in "La Philosophie au sens large" (Philosophy in the grand sense), a collaborative project hosted on Hypotheses.org since 2009. Collecting essays, presentations, and longer studies, the project examines how philosophy is conditioned by literary, political, artistic, and social-scientific thought, aiming to reformulate the problem of practice. Macharey describes philosophy in this "grand sense" as "a conjectural practice" that reflects on and elucidates the conditions shaping it in order to intervene in and contribute to their transformation.

Works

Only a partial selection of Macherey's work has been translated into English.

References

  1. ↑ "À propos". La philosophie au sens large. Retrieved 2016-12-06.
  2. ↑ Koettlitz, Olivier (2011-12-01). "Entretien avec Pierre Macherey". Le Philosophoire (in French) (20): 7–20. ISSN 1283-7091.

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