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#117: Althusser - Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses, pt. 1
Episode 11717th April 2026 • Critical Media Studies • Michael Repici
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This is the first of a two part discussion. In this episode Barry and Mike discuss Louis Althusser’s Essay “Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses” in relation to Simone Weil. Here, they discuss the state apparatuses and place them in dialogue with Weil’s discussion of party politics and attention. They close this episode by investigating the tension between the individual’s imagined and real relation to existence.

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