[lbo-talk] On Althusser and socialist "realism"

c b cb31450 at gmail.com
Wed Feb 24 06:36:02 PST 2010


Bhaskar Sunkara

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Althusser's writings were circa late 1950s. I don't know a ton about state art in the 1930s-60s but I do know of Nikita Khrushchev's famous disdain for the abstract and the dominate thinking in the CPs in the 50s. Althusser's thinking on abstract art *were* way out of step with others in the milieu of official Communism during this time.

^^^^^^^ CB: I think Althusser and Comrade Picasso probably had a lot of other French Commies in step with them at the time. There were debates I think.



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