Sujeito, poder e resistência(s): atravessamentos foucaultianos e psicanalíticos

Abstract

This dissertation investigates the articulations between subject, power, and resistance, based on a dialogue between Freudian psychoanalysis and Michel Foucault's theoretical contributions. The research stems from personal and professional experiences in the field of legal psychology, where institutional normativity often operates as a mechanism of subject invalidation. From this starting point, the study undertakes a conceptual journey through Freudian notions of resistance as clinical impasse and Foucault’s elaborations on power as relational, diffuse, and productive practice. In this context, resistance is no longer understood merely as opposition, but rather as a possibility for subjectivation and the invention of new modes of existence. The methodology employed consisted of a two-stage literature review, with emphasis on Brazilian academic works that explore resistance as a clinical, ethical, and political phenomenon. The study highlights that resistance extends beyond the clinical setting and cannot be reduced to simple refusal, as it can be reconfigured as an affirmative gesture involved in the process of self-creation. By sustaining this articulation between psychoanalysis and Foucauldian thought, this dissertation contributes to the reflection on a psychoanalysis that is socially and historically engaged, particularly within the Brazilian context.