Política e análise do discurso na arqueologia de Foucault

The article seeks to explore the relationship between discourse analysis and politics in Michel Foucault's archaeology. The paper begins by raising the question about the way one could approach his work, since he criticizes the author function. We will show that this approach already constitutes itself as one of the theoretical principles of his archaeology. We will then investigate how the critical operations of his analysis of discursive practices lead to a politicization of knowledge, which is made in opposition to the modern anthropological thought.