On Overinterpellation Reassessing Althusser’s Theory of Ideology

Royal Institute of Philosophy Public Lectures (2020-21) Hosted by Philosophy, Religion and Ethics at the University of Wolverhampton The webinar was recorded on Thursday 20th May 2021 Speaker: Dr Stefano Pippa Host: Meena Dhanda, Professor of Philosophy & Cultural Politics, UoW @DhandaMeena @WLV_PRE Learn more about the Royal Institute of #Philosophy, Events Across the Country here Since the publication of the essay ‘#Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses’ in 1970, #Althusser’s theory of interpellation – according to which ‘ideology interpellates individuals as subjects’ – has attracted all sort of criticisms, being accused of reducing subjectivity to mere passivity and of disregarding resistance and antagonism to subjection. Countering the standard reading of Althusser’s thesis, I will reconsider his theory of ideology based on the original manuscript from which the famous 1970 essay on Ideology was culled, extrac