Louis Althusser: The Crisis of Marxism (interview)

Interview begins at 01:48. Interview with Louis Althusser April 30 1980 from the Italian Radio Television (RAI) program "Multimedia Encyclopaedia of the Philosophical Sciences".
Date: April 30 1980
Host: Renato Parascandolo
Translation: Ron Salaj (corrections by UA-cam user "dovic")
Sources:
- www.conoscenza....
- crisiscritique....
- www.versobooks...

[@dovic86]

a couple of corrections for the subtitles:
2:00 the city of Rome, as well as all Italy, displays almost miraculous features
2:04 missing sub: I'm not even talking about the beauty of the landscape and of Rome, of Rome's sun and Rome's wind, because it's windy today. it's something unexpected, so I'm very pleased to be here for this interview
3:20 Althusser says his grandparents came to France in '71, but it's unlikely that it was 1971... he must have meant 1871
13:22 you can forgive on your behalf, you can't forgive on other people's behalf
20:50 but he wasn't late. he was speaking for others, not for himself
22:47 the missing sub should be: sorry, could you first tell us why Lenin used to tell this story?
23:52 in italian it's "hanno legato (tie) la mia quercia a un asino", not "ridato" (give back), so the correct version is: they've tied my oak tree to a donkey

[@filosofikanalen8997]

Thank you very much. I've added your corrections to the subs. Have a nice day!

[@dovic86]

@@filosofikanalen8997 you're welcome!

[@sagnikbanerjee279]

The genius !

[@aclark903]

Who murdered his wife. Should have gone to mass.

[@sagnikbanerjee279]

@@aclark903 Also bourgeois coys to control apparatuses secretly !

[@aclark903]

@@sagnikbanerjee279 Maybe you're being controlled secretly.

[@WDarKHawKW]

This was 6,5 months before he strangled his wife.

[@saschaharvey3797]

What's your point? What does that do to the interview?

[@jeanbordes8241]

ALTHUSSER et tu fais mal. Louis était un véritable colosse

[@tomio8072]

Sascha Harvey perhaps it gives some more background context to his character? Idk

[@caramel7050]

he had psychosis...a terrible accident. your point?

[@bigtastyben5119]

Based

[@morris4cidk542]

un uomo immenso

[@karojtoth]

Excerpts from another recording of this interview: ua-cam.com/video/QMAurfwgohM/v-deo.html (from the 2017 documentary “Althusser, an Intellectual Adventure”)

[@jorgefernandoreisdeo.freit8401]

do u have a link with this documentary complete, please? i found whithout captions and my french inst soo good to listen and uderstand

[@GHa-yz1bw]

What does it mean when he said that he was a social anarchist?

[@rucksmiths8454]

Most anarchists dont have social skills, you know.

[@lilja9537]

@@rucksmiths8454 hqhahahahhaahhahahahahah

[@s1nd3rr0z3]

Social anarchism, as opposed to individualist or market anarchism.

[@rogerhonore]

Musique de Eric Satie au piano ( une gnossienne )

[@letyy3804]

Il genio!

[@azdeneden9005]

5:58 not Galatian
Gallican :
Gallican
ˈɡalɪk(ə)n
adjective
1. relating to the ancient Church of Gaul or France.
2. of or holding a doctrine (reaching its peak in the 17th century) which asserted the freedom of the Roman Catholic Church in France and elsewhere from the ecclesiastical authority of the papacy.
noun
noun: Gallican; plural noun: Gallicans
1.an adherent of the Gallican doctrine.

[@XlouietheflyX]

I thought it sounded like Galician, which might make sense given that he seemed to be talking about a Jesuit.

[@NoRace]

12:26

[@Grappapappa]

Is the title correct: Shouldn't it be The Marxism of Crises?

[@doefagtohd]

great great man.

[@PeterMaravelias]

Back before Berlusconi led rai

[@dovic86]

@@BurntPlaydoh Berlusconi had political involvement back then, yes (he supported the Socialist Party and later became its leader Craxi's protégé), political power, no. public television was still firmly in the hands of 'first republic' parties, which in 1980 essentially meant Christian Democracy and the Communist Party.

[@milesfromneworleans]

Ich höre sofort "Early Morning Rain" von Gordon Lightfoot hier.

[@dovic86]

no need for subtitles on this one :)

[@leitor_subversivophbr]

Alguém pra legendar pro português?

[@science212]

Use a ferramenta do youtube.

[@NicolasTavaresLira]

Eu até tô afim, mas não sei como faz pra adicionar ela no video

[@TheDIZZYCLAN]

what does he mean by "marxist philosophy doesnt exist"?

[@wetnurseperiod]

Althusser has a complicated relation to philosophy. On one hand, he views dialectical materialism as the philosophy that provides the theoretical work for historical materialism - the science of history. On the other hand he views philosophy itself as an ideological struggle between various petty bourgeoisie "mere phrases" (to quote Marx in the German Ideology). There can be no Marxist philosophy for Althusser because after the revolution there will be no class struggle and therefore no struggle in ideology (i.e. philosophy). "Materialism" itself is perhaps nothing more than a temporarily useful "phrase".

[@guianmoyasa]

Sabrían decirme dónde puedo conseguir este documento en español? Gracias

[@chechochin]

los subtitulos en español están decentes, pruebe esa opción.

[@teoriaepraxis8960]

(15:38) Aparelhos Ideológicos de Estado

[@jesusissouthern]

Leszek Kolakowski.

[@ricardocima]

E. P. Thompson laughs.

[@danyalghaznavi6818]

E.P Thompson didnt really get it

[@ricardocima]

@@danyalghaznavi6818 Oh he did.

[@danyalghaznavi6818]

Nah, too empiricist lool

[@allykirkham6830]

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