The Role of Emotions in the Performance Society

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17163/soph.n36.2024.06
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Performance Society, Emotions, Cognition, Infocracy, Psychopolitics, neoliberalism

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Iván Alfonso Pinedo Cantillo
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9319-7110

Abstract

In recent years, the South Korean philosopher living in Germany, Byung-Chul Han, hasbeen setting new paths for philosophical reflection using the theoretical potential that arisesfrom the understanding of the new social, political and economic realities that mark this era ofneoliberal evolution and of technological development in the context of the Fourth IndustrialRevolution. Thus, topics such as the transformation of biopolitics into psycho-politics become avery relevant point for the analysis of current societies and their drifts. With this background of thought, this article aims to delve into Han’s arguments, exploring the crucial role that emotions play in societies of performance, fatigue and lack of democracy, resorting to the metaphor ofthe “hamster wheel” as an image evocative of the dynamics of current societies. In this way, aninnovative perspective of the complexity of the 21st Century is presented by delving into certainnuances of Han’s thought in connection with the palpable reality of the emotions that act as the fuel that propels each individual in their own “existential wheel”. This articulation with emotional experiences contributes significantly to contemporary discussions about human nature in contexts of technological innovation.

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No. 36 (2024): (January-June 2024): Philosophical approach to learning as a cognitive process.
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Iván Alfonso Pinedo Cantillo

Doctor en Filosofía Magister en Filosofía Magister en Administración Educativa Especialista en Gerencia Educativa Licenciado en Filosofía Teólogo

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