June 23, 2018:
Althusser did not produce a systematic, fully coherent and elaborated system. Very much the opposite. His work is full of self-corrections, changes of direction, tensions, struggles and dislocations. He insisted that absolutely everyone's work demonstrates the same necessity — even though it may strive to give the appearance of systematicity or comprehensiveness. In a sense, it's less effort to identify Althusser's conflicts: he identifies them himself, continually. We can say of Althusser what Althusser said of Marx: he most certainly did not say everything. He leaves us with many more problems than he resolves.