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FAIR, Hernán. An approach to the political thought of Michel Foucault. Polis [online]. 2010, vol.6, n.1, pp.13-42. ISSN 2594-0686.

Michel Foucault's thought has exerted a noticeable influence on various social and humanistic sciences disciplines. This essay does an insight of the main theoretical guidelines that define Foucault's political approach. Particularly, it analyzes his main theoretical and practical contributions to present philosophical and sociopolitical thought. To this end, it places the axis, in a first stage, on its epistemological differences with the more orthodox Marxist approach. Secondly, it reviews his main theoretical and methodological contributions to the analysis of the sociopolitical reality, incorporating, in its final part, some of his main theoretical guidelines to account it's application in contemporary social praxis.

Palavras-chave : Foucault; policy; critical analysis; genealogical analysis; theory; praxis.

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