He is best known in this regard for two seminal theoretical works:
Pour une théorie de la production littéraire (1966; translated as
A Theory of Literary Production, 1978) and "Sur la littérature comme forme idéologique: Quelques hypothèses marxistes" (1974; translated as "On Literature as an Ideological Form: Some Marxist Propositions," 1978) which was cowritten with his colleague Etienne Balibar.
Macherey was born in Belfort, France, on 17 February 1938. He attended Lycée Louis le Grand in Paris before pursuing studies in philosophy at the celebrated Ecole Normale Supérieure, rue d'Ulm, from 1958 to 1963. There he was awarded the licence de philosophie in 1960, the maîtrise de philosophie in 1961, and the Agregé de philosophie in 1962. The philosopher of science Georges Canguilhem supervised Macherey's thesis for the maîtrise, "Philosophie et politique chez Spinoza," the subject of which indicated his keen interest even at this early stage in a philosopher to whom he returned in the later phase of his career. Althusser supervised Macherey's preparation for the aggrégation, a competitive examination for admission to posts on the teaching staff of lycées (colleges) and universities.
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