Lenin and Philosophy and Other Essays Laura E. Cressey at a time when a

at a time when a fragmented and dysfunctional national identity has become a real possibility

To ensure that stated goals and objectives are fulfilled

rise above intimidation

He considers the cultural and personal influences that affect historical notions of realism and reality

They range from Adam Geibel and Tom Waring's ''Sleep

Lenin and Philosophy and Other Essays Laura E. Cressey at a time when aNo figure among the western Marxist theoreticians has loomed larger in the postwar period than Louis Althusser. A rebel against the Catholic tradition in which he was raised, Althusser studied philosophy and later joined both the faculty of the Ecole normal superieure and the French Communist Party in 1948. Viewed as a "structuralist Marxist," Althusser was as much admired for his independence of intellect as he was for his rigorous defense of Marx.