Varijante kritičkog angažmana u radu Michela Foucaulta
Variants of Critical Engagement in the Work of Michel Foucault

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses “critical engagement” in Michel Foucault’s work, which he defined as a fusion of intellectual work and activism. It does this by exploring the ways in which Foucault conceptualised the relationship between genealogical research and political resistance. The first modality views genealogy as exposing the capriciousness of power relations, thereby aiding marginalised groups in developing resistance practices. The second modality, as presented in the course Security, Territory, Population, views genealogy as mapping resistance points within the apparatus, thus showing to resistance actors that the prevailing apparatus’s rationality is their common enemy. A third modality appears in Foucault’s study of “parrhesia”, where the figure of the “cynic” represents a synthesis of intellectual work and resistance practices. In conclusion, we argue that critical engagement is essential for understanding Foucault’s work.

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