UM DIÁLOGO COM FREIRE E FOUCAULT SOBRE PODER E SABER

Abstract

The present thesis takes as research object knowledge and power, under the perspectives of two major thinkers: Michel Foucault and Paulo Freire. In such a reflexive process, the proposal is to relate the two author’s theoretical perspective in order to think them in an individualized way, within a structural educational context. Under Foucault’s perspective, it is given attention to matters such as the constitution of society and of the individual in the disciplinary power relations. Under Freire’s perspective, it is given attention to matters such as the analytics of libertarian education. The social relations and the educational practices of the school institution are critically revised. This is made accordingly to the theories of both authors. As such, the processes of subjection and of resistance are showed within the power relations. Under Freire’s perspective, the struggles against power sovereignty of a social class are explained as a way of resistance and a possibility of liberation from the processes of subjection made against men. Thus, the praxis of resistance made by Freire is shown as a struggle against the disciplinary processes of formal education and as a proposal for a liberating education which aims towards emancipation and citizenship. Resistance, according to Foucault, is the way by which the individual struggles against the domination practices. Such a thing is made through caring and self practices. The methodology used in this work was a bibliographical research of the most important texts written by the two referred authors.