Louis Althusser

Louis Althusser

male, deceased (1990)
death by myocardial infarction, Ecole Normale Superieure, Continental philosopher, Marxist, French, political philosopher…Marxist theorist, Marxistphilosophy, Marxist philosopher, Structural Marxist
Louis Pierre Althusser (October 16, 1918 – October 23, 1990) was a Marxist philosopher. He was born in Algeria and studied at the prestigious Éc...
Walter Benjamin

Walter Benjamin

male, deceased (1940)
cultural critic, Essayist, Literary critic, From Berlin, German, Western philosophy…Marxist writer, Marxist theorist, Marxist, Marxistphilosophy
Walter Bendix Schönflies Benjamin was a German Marxist literary critic, essayist, translator, and philosopher. He was at times associated with the F...
Jean-Luc Godard

Jean-Luc Godard

male, 78 years old
Film theorist, nouvelle vague, film history, Marxistphilosophy, film director, From Paris…Marxist
Jean-Luc Godard (born 3 December, 1930) is a French filmmaker and one of the most influential members of the "Nouvelle Vague", or "French New...

Étienne Balibar

male, 67 years old
University of California, Irvine faculty, Alumni of the École Normale Supérieure, Marxist, French, political philosopher, Marxist theorist…Marxistphilosophy
Étienne Balibar is a French Marxist philosopher. After the death of his teacher Louis Althusser, Balibar quickly became the leading exponent of F...
Peter McLaren

Peter McLaren

male, 61 years old
University of California, Los Angeles faculty, Canadian, Educationist, critical pedagogy, From toronto, University of California, Los Angeles…Marxistphilosophy, Marxist humanist philosophy
Peter McLaren (b. August 2, 1948) is internationally recognized as one of the leading architects of critical pedagogy worldwide. He has developed a...

Jacques Rancière

male, 69 years old
University of Paris, Marxist philosopher, From Algiers, University of Paris VIII Vincennes - Saint-Denis, Marxistphilosophy, Alumni of the École Normale Supérieure…philosophy
Jacques Rancière is a French philosopher and Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris (St. Denis) who came to prominence when h...
Ludovico Geymonat

Ludovico Geymonat

male, deceased (1991)
from the Province of Turin, from Turin, Marxist theorist, philosopher, Member of the Italian Communist Party, dialectical materialism…Marxistphilosophy, Marxist philosopher
Ludovico Geymonat (May 11, 1908 - November 29, 1991) was an Italian Marxist philosopher, who gave an original turn to dialectical materialism. Born...

Kuroda Kan'Ichi

male
philosopher, U.S. occupation of Japan, occupied Japan, Marxistphilosophy, philosophy, praxis
Kuroda Kan'ichi was a 20th century Japanese philosopher and social theorist. The son of a doctor, he began studying Marxist philosophy at the age...

György Lukács

male, deceased (1971)
Literary realism, Literary theorist, Jewish person, communist, realism, Marxist theorist…marxist theory, Marxist, Marxistphilosophy
György Lukács was a Hungarian Marxist philosopher and literary critic. Most scholars consider him to be the founder of the tradition of Western Ma...