[lbo-talk] Althusser, depression, subjects

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Mar 12 14:47:12 PST 2004


Doug Henwood wrote:


>Michael Pugliese wrote:
>
>>"History is a process without a subject."
>>Althusser, not a Buddhist
>
>
><http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/althusse.htm>
>On November 6, 1980 Althusser killed his wife. In L'Avenir diure
>Longtemps Althusser tells that he used to massage Hélène's neck, but
>this time he massaged the front of her neck. "Yet I knew she had
>been strangled. But how?..."

Another interesting item from that bio - is antipathy to the subject another symptom of depression?


>During this period Althusser met Hélène Rytman, who become his
>companion and later his wife. From the beginning, they were kindred
>spirits, both lonely and anguished. Althusser has said, that after
>making love with Hélène for the first time, he fell in depression.
>He was admitted to Saint-Anne's Hospital, where he was given shock
>treatment. This pattern remained basically unchanged - depression,
>therapy and shock treatment, and periods of active writing and
>working.



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