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panopticon::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | prison, prison house |
Examples of panopticon
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These are not exactly statistics that fill me with hope for our panopticon future.
From the techcrunch.com
Dozens of depressing novels and films have studied that panopticon effect.
From the washingtonpost.com
Little pieces of the panopticon are already being built all around you.
From the techcrunch.com
Breda was the site of one of the first panopticon prison establishments.
From the en.wikipedia.org
But you don't have to be a technophobe to fear the consequences of a self-imposed panopticon.
From the businessweek.com
Both groups are encouraging voters to use Twitter as a kind of panopticon of the polling process.
From the swampland.time.com
Again, read into this panopticon of control what you will.
From the techcrunch.com
He is best known for his advocacy of utilitarianism and animal rights, and the idea of the panopticon.
From the en.wikipedia.org
We can only hope that the people cease accommodating, much less celebrating, the panopticon and begin to rebel against it.
From the theatlantic.com
- An area where everything is visible
- A circular prison with cells distributed around a central surveillance station; proposed by Jeremy Bentham in 1791
- The Panopticon is a type of prison building designed by English philosopher and social theorist Jeremy Bentham in 1785. ...
- Panopticon is the third full-length album by Los Angeles, California, USA-based post-metal band Isis, released on October 19, 2004 by Ipecac Recordings.
- The UCL Institute for Cultural Heritage is a planned institute at University College London (UCL) intended to house the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology and UCL's other museum collections.
- 'Panopticons' is an arts and regeneration project of the East Lancashire Environmental Arts Network managed by Mid Pennine Arts. ...
- A type of prison designed by philosopher Jeremy Bentham wherein all the cells are visible from the center of the building. It engenders the feeling that someone is watching you, even though you know the contrary
- A metaphor derived from Jeremy Bentham's nineteenth-century plan for a model prison in which a central tower would enable all inmates to be kept under continual surveillance. Used to describe the processes whereby people are scrutinized and controlled in contemporary society. ...
- Was a prison design by Jeremy Bentham which allowed prisoners to be observed at all times without them being aware of being watched. It has since been used to explore concepts of power, discipline, and surveillance.
