Panopticon is an idea first illustrated by a circular prison in which all the cells are open to an area in the center where a tower sits. The tower in the center is meant to be blacked out so that it is impossible for the inmates to peer inside. Foucault states the purpose of the Panopticon to create a situation in which‚ “inmates should be caught up in in a power situation of which they are themselves the bearers” (288). The psychological effect on inmates causes them to be inline out of fear that
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International Journal of Culture‚ Tourism and Hospitality Research Aesthetic labor‚ rocky horrors‚ and the 007 Dynamic Bernie Quinn Article information: Downloaded by University of Surrey At 06:08 30 December 2014 (PT) To cite this document: Bernie Quinn‚ (2008)‚"Aesthetic labor‚ rocky horrors‚ and the 007 Dynamic"‚ International Journal of Culture‚ Tourism and Hospitality Research‚ Vol. 2 Iss 1 pp. 77 - 85 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/17506180810856158 Downloaded
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Athens is known as the birthplace of modern democracy. It is within this context that some of the most renowned political thinkers engaged in prominent discourses regarding the nature of democracy. Counted among some of the city’s greatest thinkers Plato and Socrates‚ were often critical of the city’s defining contribution to humanity. They were even viewed by many as antidemocratic for their views that only qualified individuals should be allowed to lead the Athenian state. However‚ this interpretation
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The indigenous society of Australia has been estimated to be around for tens of thousands of years. The contrast between non-indigenous and Indigenous society across all aspects of social and economical structures has been widely debated‚ reported‚ monitored and theorized. Indigenous Australians are significantly more disadvantaged then non-indigenous people in various social aspects such as health‚ education‚ employment‚ and income. This case study looks at the Indigenous disadvantages from both
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understanding contemporary British fiction‚ I will be using the example of ‘Sexing The Cherry’ written by Jeanette Winterson. The works that can be closely linked with this novel first published in 1989 are those of theorist and historian Michel Foucault. His ideas on sexuality mirror the ideas of sexuality used in Sexing The Cherry (Winterson. J 1989‚ 47-60). Postmodernism affects the way that we read a text‚ but why is that more important than reading a text for its own individual merit. Postmodernism
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has been widely used in modern society. For example‚ “the spread of disciplinary procedures‚” that Foucault describes‚ which is‚ “not in the form of enclosed institutions‚ but as centers of observation disseminated throughout society‚” can be seen from the National Security Agency to society itself‚ making it seem as though the idea of Panopticism is being used on the population every day (Foucault 196). In Foucault’s section about Panopticism in his book Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
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Nature and Social Order. Richardson Goffman E Haralambos M. & Langley P. (2008) Sociology in Focus 2nd Ed. Scotprint‚ Haddington‚ East Lothian Jenkins R Mead G.H. (1967) Mind‚ Self and Society: 1 (Works of George Herbert Mead). New edition. University of Chicago Press Witz A. & Woodward K. (ed) (2000) Questioning Identity: Gender‚ Class Nation Routledge; London Blackmore S. (1999) The meme machine. Oxford: Oxford University Press Cooley C Goffman E. (1969) The presentation of self in
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written by producer and director Alasdair McMillan‚ focuses on Police Procedural within The Wire‚ an HBO series created by David Simons. The reading consists of multiple points that are stretched across the chapter‚ employing the beliefs of Plato‚ Foucault‚ and Simons. One consistent argument McMillan explains thoroughly throughout the text is how the institutions sway a character’s motives. These institutions are also what create police procedural and the actions of the officers within the show. The
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symbols‚ there won’t be movies‚ music‚ and music which includes musical instruments. The concept dramaturgy kicks in this category. Dramaturgy is a technique‚ developed by Erving Goffman‚ to focus on "the social life which is analyzed in the terms of drama or the stage" (Henslin‚ 2017‚ p. 118). Sociologist Erving Goffman developed this term into a sociology term to
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lives. In certain situations these roles come into play‚ categorizing certain behaviors into the “front stage” and others in the “back stage”. These concepts were developed by Erving Goffman and they can really help in a lot of scenarios. Front and back stages are basically roles and behaviors‚ stages or regions. Goffman describes that we give a “performance” every day to the people we interact with. He describes this performance as the presentation of self‚ a person’s efforts to create specific impressions
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