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overdetermination: a standalone construct

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Cultural theory

the way any social contradiction is shaped at once by many economic, political and ideological forces, so no single cause determines it.

In cultural theory, overdetermination refers to the way any social contradiction is shaped at once by many economic, political and ideological forces, so no single cause determines it. This meaning comes from Althusser (1965/1969) in For Marx.[1]

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Althusser, L. (1969). For Marx (B. Brewster, Trans.). Penguin Books. (Original work published 1965) ISBN 9780140600100

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