Foucault reflected upon the role of the intellect by contesting Sartre and the pressupositions of the engagement, especially the ones associated to the philosophy of conscience and humanism. After 1968, however, when the political bases of sartrism crumbled - particularly the proximity of the Communist Party -, Sartre could make common force with Foucault at the same time the latter assumed, willing of not, roles he had always refused, as the one of being a public voice.
Foucault; Sartre; intellect; engagement; politics