Arendt and Foucault on Power, Resistance, and Critique
Jakub Franěk
Arendt and Foucault on Power, Resistance, and CritiqueThe present article compares Hannah Arendt’s and Michel Foucault’s critique of typically modern forms of power or domination, as well as the modes of resistance against such domination these authors envision. It also touches upon their reflections on the status of their own critical thinking or their stance vis-à-vis modernity. Its principal aim istwofold.
First, to reveal various connections between Arendt’s and Foucault’s political theories and thus demonstrate that they are much closer to each other than usually appears. Second, to use the comparative analysis of their works to resolve some apparent paradoxes associated with their respective theories.
