# Philosophy of the Encounter

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- Authors: [Louis Althusser](https://www.bookquiver.com/louis-althusser), [Oliver Corpet](https://www.bookquiver.com/oliver-corpet), [François Matheron](https://www.bookquiver.com/francois-matheron), [G. M. Goshgarian](https://www.bookquiver.com/g-m-goshgarian)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 2006-06-17

## Description

In the late 1970s and 1980s, Louis Althusser endured a period of intense mental instability during which he murdered his wife and was committed to a psychiatric hospital. Spanning this deeply troubling...

## Editions

### Philosophy of the Encounter

- Publisher: verso
- ISBN: 978-18-4467-069-7
- Pages: 299
- Published: 2006-06-17
- Language: en_US