A ética em Michel Foucault: do cuidado de si à estética da existência

Abstract

The ethic of " self's care " consists of a set of rules of existence that the subject gives himself promoting, at his will and wish, one way or style of life culminating in a "aesthetics of existence". Self's care is not about ethics in which the subject is isolated from the world, but returns for yourself and then act. Therefore, the aim of the paper is to understand and expose the ethical conception of Michel Foucault refers to "self's care" and its culmination in life understood as a work of art called "aesthetics of existence". The methodology used is that search of literature guided the studies of Foucault and some scholars of his thought that address. The "aesthetics of existence", which derives from a work process in itself established on the subject, is of fundamental importance to be thought, therefore, to be differentiated lifestyles, promotes the emergence of pockets of resistance to the mechanisms of power and domination that aim to normalize and standardize the ways of life of the subjects.