Foucault's Panopticon Explained Simply

Support this channel 👉   / greatbooksprof   Foucault describes the Panopticon in his famous work Discipline and Punish (1975). While the Panopticon is a model for a prison designed by the English philosopher Jeremy Bentham, Foucault sees it as much more than that. For Foucault the Panopticon is an architectural figure -- a kind of metaphor -- for modern power relations in general. As Foucault describes it, in the modern world, power circulates around us through systems of surveillance and self-discipline. We are constantly being watched, measured, and evaluated, and even when we are not, we feel as if we are, and so we conduct ourselves and discipline ourselves into behaving in particular ways. This is how modern power dynamics work and they can be effectively illuminated by Bentham's Panopticon design. #Foucault #philosophy #surveillance 📚What to Watch Next👇 More videos on Michel Foucault! 📚Foucault: Discipline and Punish    • Foucault Discipline and Punish Explained S...   📚Foucault: Power and Knowledge    • Foucault Power and Knowledge   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 📗 CONNECT WITH ME! I use Instagram to keep in touch with students and friends.   / greatbooksprof   📓 Find more on TIKTOK! ⏱ Short videos on philosophy, books, and life.   / greatbooksprof   📗 STUDY WITH ME: Learn about the Great Books Program at St. Thomas University 🇨🇦 https://www.stu.ca/greatbooks/ 📗 CHECK OUT MY BOOKS: Shakespeare between Machiavelli and Hobbes: Dead Body Politics https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781498514095... Magic in Early Modern England: Literature, Politics and Supernatural Power https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781498575515... 📫 E-MAIL: Business inquiries should be directed to [email protected] Photo: Jeremy Bentham’s Severed Head Ethan Doyle White Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Used under Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Photo: Inside a building at Presidio Modelo, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba. I, Friman Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panopti... Used under Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...