> NLR readers were mostly carried away with the Althusser cult. Anderson's criticisms at the time were more muted. But he is right. Althusser was a repulsive shit, whose influence on Marxism, philosophy and radical politics was wholly detrimental.
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Could you expand on this? I thought Anderson had been an enthusiastic proponent of Althusser. I read Gregory Elliot's book on Anderson, but I don't remember anymore what it said on this. Anderson now thinks Althusser was a repulsive shit?
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