passage from his book Discipline and Punish: The Birth of Prison called “Panopticism”‚ Michael Foucault tells of a society struck with plague and invested with Lepers‚ where they use the idea of Panopticism
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night or shoot in the alley‚ using road lights as the lighting. To take an example of lighting from Breathless‚ in the beginning of the film‚ which Michel sits in the car and be chased after the police officers‚ a shot shoot from the back sit to the front‚ the light only comes from two of the side where the car’s windows are set. Another example is when Michel stays in Patricia’s room‚ the light inside the room is completely come from the huge windows on the side of the bed. Furthermore in the entire
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script which is irrevocably linked to the governing discourse on sexuality (power-knowledge). The concept of power to Foucault is that which is enforced not by authoritative top-down legal policing
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early nineteenth century. Its origins are mixed. it is the general principle of a new ‘political anatomy’ whose object and end are not the relations of sovereignty but the relations of discipline. According to Foucault‚ the primary difference between Bentham’s Panopticon and the "disciplinary mechanism" of panopticism is that the Panopticon is a physical architectural utopia in which discipline is enforced and panopticism enforces discipline
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In Paul Smoke’s article‚ which analyzes the use of subnational revenue for decentralization efforts‚ he claims that generating subnational revenue often fails even when normative instruction has been followed. In an attempt to shed light to this oddity‚ he posses the question‚ “are the principles inappropriate‚ or are they just poorly applied?” He later goes on to demonstrate how both elements hinder decentralization efforts (Smoke 2013). This notion of principle versus practice echoes an issue psychiatry
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Bibliography: Allan‚ S. (1999)‚ ‘News culture’ Open University Press Ahmed‚ A. (1992)‚ ‘Postmodernism And Islam: Predicament And Promise’ Routledge. Foucault‚ M. (1980)‚ ‘Power/knowledge’ Brighton: Harvester. Foucault‚ M Gramsci‚ A. (1975)‚ ‘Prison Notebook’ Columbia University Press. Hall‚ S. (1997)‚ ‘Representation: cultural representations and signifying practices’ Sage Judd
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If feminism has to address shame‚ then it must also locate how shame arises to corroborate with prescriptive roles of living in society with certain marked identities- male‚ female‚ muslim‚ hindu etc. In a society that consider sex as dirty‚ we must look at the way we have generated multiple discourses about the body and sex in order to maintain an order. Gender being performative‚ as Butler suggests‚ is an indicator of how cultural regulatory ideals reinforce their power through the performances
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Modern Society Dear‚ Mr. Foucault After reading your ideas on panopticism‚ I found myself both agreeing with your ideas and on the other hand having a few questions of my own. Does power have to be invisible‚ in order for it to be truly effective? Can a panopticon have the same powerful effect over school kid‚ mental patients‚ and hospital occupants as it does with prisoners? Nevertheless‚ these questions will be looked at more closely later on more on Mr. Foucault. You state that the plague
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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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Michel beings the film stealing money at a racetrack. When he leaves‚ an inspector (Jean Pelegri) stops Michel‚ but he is released because there is not enough evidence. Michel ends up joining a small group of other pickpockets and learning how to get better at the craft. Michel visits his mother and meets Jeanne (Marika Green) who tells him to visit his mother more often. The police later
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