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Panopticon

Interesting facts

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Panopticon Top # 8 Facts

Construction

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An Introduction to Michel Foucault's Discipline and Punish - A Macat Sociology Analysis

By drone

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The Journalism Panopticon

Inside

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Inside the Panopticon Prison

Movie appearance

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Panopticon - Film Trailer

The Panopticon is a type of institutional building and a system of control designed by the English philosopher and social theorist Jeremy Bentham in the late 18th century. The scheme of the design is to allow all (pan-) inmates of an institution to be observed (-opticon) by a single watchman without the inmates being able to tell whether or not they are being watched. Although it is physically impossible for the single watchman to observe all the inmates' cells at once, the fact that the inmates cannot know when they are being watched means that they are motivated to act as though they are being watched at all times. Thus, they are effectively compelled to regulate their own behaviour. The name may also allude to the many-eyed giant Panoptes in Greek mythology, some of whose eyes were always awake, making him a highly effective watchman.