Foucault y Byung-Chul Han: el “cambio” de la sociedad disciplinaria a la sociedad del rendimiento.

Abstract

This monographic work is based on the question: What are the limits of the disciplinary society in relation to the critique made by Byung-Chul Han based on the new performance society? With the primary objective of analyzing whether Han's reading of overcoming the Foucauldian disciplinary society is correct. To accomplish this task, the key works of both philosophers were studied and qualitative research with documentary design was carried out, in which secondary sources found in indexed databases were approached. In this way, in a first moment, the main contributions of both Foucault regarding the disciplinary society and Han regarding the performance society were clarified, together with his critique of the Foucauldian society. In order to, in a second moment, carry out an examination that confronts the position of both authors, where the following main conclusions emerge: I) Han's critique of the disciplinary society is based on the erroneous approach of Foucauldian concepts, therefore, it is wrong; II) The disciplinary society was not overcome, it changed, conserving its bases to recover the ground it has lost as a result of the new dynamics of capital and the appearance of the virtual world; III) Han's approaches are not wrong, however, his mistake consisted in presenting the performance society as a total overcoming of the disciplinary society when in fact it arises through it.