A sociedade civil e seus contracorpos: apontamentos para uma nova utopia do corpo social

Résumé

The body as subject has a special place within Michel Foucault’s work, mostly in the political perspective of his transversal analysis. By means of a literature review focused on some of his written production, this present paper intends to demonstrate that, when such analysis are made on the social-political domain itself, the notion of body acquires a central role, allowing, through its use, an approach capable of delivering a diagnosis on the social conflicts, as well as a point of view towards the emancipatory possibilities of common life.