Dismantle prison pedagogy. Deconstruction of violence in contemporary education

Abstract

In this work, a documentary analysis is presented based on the theoretical convergence of three fundamental authors who deconstruct the operating control mechanisms in school institutions: Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze, and Byung Chul Han. First, a review is made of Foucault's work to describe power relations, control technologies, and the microphysics of power during establishing surveillance mechanisms during the consolidation of capitalism in the 19th century. In a second moment, an analysis of Deleuze's work is made. The author describes the transition process from a society based on surveillance to one based on control; in this way, Deleuze manages to explain the crises in closed social systems, assuming that they respond to more sophisticated control mechanisms during the 20th century. The third section presents Han's position on contemporary society, especially the issue of the fatigue society and its repercussions on self-demand relationships as a control mechanism at the beginning of the 21st century. Finally, an analysis is carried out on the importance of incorporating these contributions to explaining violence in current education as a reference to a permanent crisis in school systems for their necessary transformation.