Power, Justice and the Role of Intellectuals in the Chomsky-Foucault Debate
Power, Justice and the Role of Intellectuals in the Chomsky-Foucault Debate

Summary/Abstract: The modern Ukrainian society is currently in the process of establishing a dialogue between citizens and government. The government’s expectations and degree of public confidence are in a deep crisis, which is revealed in numerous acts of civil disobedience that Ukraine has faced during the last decades. In this context, it is important to refer to the similar experience of other countries. When in the late 1960s, France was rocked by the events of civil disobedience, and the United States saw the protests against the Vietnam War, the leading philosophers of those times and those countries, Noam Chomsky and Michel Foucault, reflected and shared their opinions on these events. Their positions clashed in 1971 at the Justice vs. Power debate. The discussion demonstrates two opposing approaches, thus making it possible to explore the relationship between power and justice as a whole. The intellectuals play a key role in this relationship.

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