Political Science · International Relations
Structural Marxism, an approach to Marxist philosophy based on structuralism, is primarily associated with the work of the French philosopher:
ALouis Althusser ✓ Correct
BNicos Poulantzas
CE.P. Thompson
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Correct answer: (A) Louis Althusser — Structural Marxism is primarily associated with Louis Althusser, so the answer is Louis Althusser.
Explanation
★Structural Marxism is primarily associated with Louis Althusser, so the answer is Louis Althusser.
★Althusser read Marx through the lens of structuralism.
★He stressed structures and the mode of production over individual agency.
★He distinguished the young, humanist Marx from the mature, scientific Marx.
★He introduced ideas like the ideological state apparatuses.
★So structural Marxism is above all the work of Althusser.
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