Foucault: Intellectuals and Power Nildo Viana [*] Michel Foucault's work is widely known worldwide and has a great influence on academics and various social movements. In this sense, it is interesting to approach his thesis on intellectuals, which, in his work, is closely linked to the question of power. Thus, we will analyze the basic propositions of Foucault's conception about intellectuals and their relationship with power, to demonstrate our thesis that they are not sustainable. Undoubtedly, Foucault's work has already received several criticisms, some deeper and more elaborate, others less. However, in general, they started from a perspective that would also deserve to be criticized. From those who questioned Foucault only as a pretext to defend his indefensible ideas (Baudrillard, 1984 ) , to those who drew up a broader and more comprehensive analysis, but which did not leave the outline (Mandosio, 2011), we have a set of questions about his thinking