Abstract

This paper seeks to paint a picture of how discernible links between Althusser and Foucault can assist us to theorise the life of cultural subjects inside established and emergent liberal-capitalist states. Althusser's querying of a humanistic foundation to political philosophy and the social contract is connected to Foucault's contention that modernity invented the subject as a centre of inquiry and that centre became the site constructing obedient citizens.

Keywords: Althusser, Foucault, civility, liberal-capitalist states, humanism, political philosophy, social contract, modernity, citizenry

How to Cite:

Miller, T., (1994) “Althusser, Foucault, and the Subject of Civility”, Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature 18(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.4148/2334-4415.1342