Lenin and Philosophy and Other Essays

Lenin and Philosophy and Other Essays is a collection of essays, written by the Marxist philosopher Louis Althusser, published in 1971.^[10] A similar edition in French is Lénine et la philosophie suivi de Marx et Lénine devant Hegel (Paris, 1972).^[11]

Lenin and Philosophy and other Essays

Author	Louis Althusser
Translator	Ben Brewster
Language	English
Subject	Marxism, philosophy, ideology, psychoanalysis, art
Publication date	1971
Media type	Print
Pages	229
ISBN	0-902308-12-2
OCLC	633324214
Dewey Decimal	335.4112[1] (146.3,[2] 335.43[3])
LC Class	B4249.L384 (definition books)

Lénine et la Philosophie suivi de Marx et Lénine devant Hegel

Author	Louis Althusser
Language	French
Series	Petite Collection
Subject	Vladimir Lenin, Karl Marx, Hegel, philosophy
Publication date	1972
Publication place	France
Media type	Print
Pages	91
OCLC	559058
Dewey Decimal	190, 320[4][5]
LC Class	B4249.L384 (definition books)

Lénine et la Philosophie
(Lenin and Philosophy)

Cover of the first edition
Author	Louis Althusser
Original title	Lénine et la Philosophie
Language	French
Series	Collection ‘Théorie’
Subject	Vladimir Lenin, philosophy
Publication date	1969
Publication place	France
Published in English	1971[6]
Media type	Print
Pages	59
OCLC	250566779
Dewey Decimal	146.32, 190 (320.532)[7] 320.531-320.532 = Specific collectivist ideologies; 320.532 = communism.</ref> (335.4[8][9] 330. Economy. 335.4 = Marxists systems. – In reality the book does not deal with economy, rather with philosophy.</ref>)
LC Class	B4249.L384 (definition books)

Both editions consist of Althusser’s lecture at the Société française de philosophie ‘Lenin and Philosophy’ (French: Lénine et la Philosophie)^[12] as well as of Althusser’s essay ‘Lenin before Hegel’ (French: Lénine devant Hegel) (written in 1968; first published [in French]: 1970^[11]).

A third essay within the French edition is Sur la rapport de Marx à Hegel (About the relationship of Marx to Hegel) (written in 1969; first published [in German]: 1970^[11]). This essay is not part of the English edition.^[11][13]

Rather the English edition additionally consists of a foreword, written by Althusser himself, and six other works of Althusser, which are not part of the French edition. Among these six works is Althusser’s famous essay ‘Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses’.^[14]

Most recent English editions

Louis Althusser, Lenin and Philosophy and Other Essays. [Newly] introduced by Fredric Jameson. Translated from the French by Ben Brewster^[15] (Dewey classification: 335.43)

• Monthly Review Press: New York, 2001 (ISBN 1-583-67039-4 [pbk.]; 1-583-67038-6 [cloth]); XVII + 173 pages; Table of Content)
• Aakar Books: Delhi, 2006 (ISBN 81-87879-85-8; XVII + 173 pages; OCLC: 838361487)