Childhood

the trauma of being held captive in Germany

and the educational experiences at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris were the origins of Althusser's early theory of ideology. This paper aims to use all those traumas of Althusser to analyze his theory of ideology. This paper discusses about Althusser's philosophy

its role in shaping subjects

and ideology's relationship with science from an epistemological perspective. Althusser's proclivity towards Maoism influenced and propelled the establishment of numerous Maoist organizations

providing a platform for repressed students to express their resistance. His attempts to maintain friendly relations between the French Communist Party and Maoist organizations were exposed. The student movement

the involvement of the working class

and the criticisms of other Marxist philosophers prompted Althusser to reconstruct his theory. This paper concludes that Althusser projected the epistemological narrative of ideology from a sociological perspective onto social reality

relinquishing the theoretical antagonism between science and ideology. Althusser ultimately achieved theoretical equilibrium. The reconstruction of Althusser's theory was a consequence of the May 68 and serves as a microcosm of the reconstruction of Western Marxism in that era.