Macro · Structures & Institutions Stub 1970

Althusserian Ideological State Apparatuses and Interpellation

알튀세르의 이데올로기적 국가기구와 호명

A structural Marxist theory demonstrating that ideology is a material social practice operating through Ideological State Apparatuses (ISAs) that "interpellate" concrete individuals as subjects.

Field Philosophy · Sociology · Political Science
Level of analysis Macro · Structures & Institutions
Paradigm Structuralism Critical Theory
Key figures 👤 Louis Althusser (루이 알튀세르)
Year 1970

Key Claims

Louis Althusser argued that ideology has a material existence embodied in institutional rituals (ISAs). Through ‘interpellation’ (hailing), ideology recruits individuals and transforms them into subjects who spontaneously recognize and reproduce their own subjugation.

Further Reading

  • Althusser, L. (1970). Idéologie et appareils idéologiques d’État. La Pensée, 151, 3–38.

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