ingredient is a sense of power. Power’s position in society is always established as a permanent authority to ensure the positive behavior of the people. Panopticism‚ the idea of rules and routines‚ whether selfimposed or enforced by a "higher" authority‚ may begin to drive our life and remove the very identity from us or weave other powerful influence in us. While shopping‚ a glance over the clothing racks to the ceiling will display
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The Title “Our Secret”‚ A Chapter From “A Chorus Of Stones” by Susan Griffin Truth is possibly one of the most powerful forces in humanity. Truth has the power to set people free‚ change lives and end them. Because of this‚ the truth is usually feared and often concealed. In Susan Griffin’s “Our Secret”‚ the concealing of the truth become a major theme in the advancement of the plot‚ and also carries the meaning to the work’s title. The title of “Our Secret” refers to the secrets that the individual
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Factors developing Life For centuries the question of how a human being’s personality comes to be has been questioned. Susan Griffin’s‚ “Our Secret” explores the theories of a “larger matrix”‚ the “determining field” and our “common past” as she attempts to answer the question. Griffin’s larger matrix explains how everything is interconnected affecting people to establish different personalities depending on the time‚ place and family they are brought up in. The determining field Griffin is describing
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“Now that you have started reading this essay‚ you and I are now connected by a web of connections.” This is what Susan Griffin‚ author of “Our Secret”‚ a chapter taken from Griffin’s insightful book A Chorus of Stones‚ most likely would have declared. Griffin argues that‚ “all of us‚ especially all of us who read her essay - are part of a complex web of connections” (265). But how are people who do not even know each other connected? Griffin implies that people are part of a “larger matrix” and
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Samantha Brown Benjamin Ondieki English 102 27-Sept-08 A Modern Prison In the beginning of Michel Foucault’s writing Panopticism‚ he tell us of a plague stricken town and the precautions taken to ensure the disease is contained. The town is closed down to all; no one comes in and no one leaves. Each family is confined to their house‚ “prohibited to leave under punishment of death” (209). Guards and such are places throughout the town to secure it as well as keep records of how everyone feels
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Society: Comparison to the Panopticon According to Wikepedia‚ a panopticon is a type of prison where the observer is able to watch the prisoners without the prisoner knowing when they are being watched. The concept of the design is to allow an observer to observe (-opticon) all (pan-) prisoners thereby conveying what one architect has called the "sentiment of an invisible omnisciece. The panopticon was invented by English philosopher Jeremy Bentham in 1785. Bentham himself described the Panopticon
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The chapter of Panopticism is based on the society based system of discipline and punishment. It was stated by Foucault that the idea first derived from the a plagued town and later influenced Bentham. Panopticism is a system of observation and and laws or regulations that maintain order within a designated area. The action of punishment is issued to those who break the rules. It uses a variety of staff to monitor multiple subjects within the enclosed area. The staff also sometimes provide various
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By: Kevin _ _ _ _ _ _ Commentary and Analysis of Susan Griffin’s Our Secret World War 2 wasn ’t just a war‚ it was a wake-up call. The people of the world were confronted with the face of true evil‚ and had to accept the harsh reality that our fellow man can commit atrocities beyond comprehension. The events of the war not only cause us to gasp in horror‚ but also make us reflect on how such evil could originate in the first place. In order to understand how such a disaster could ever take
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Panopticism: A Failing Disciplinary System In his 1975 essay Panopticism‚ author Michel Foucault discusses the effects that the manipulation of power and discipline ultimately has on society. As a philosophical historian and observer of human relations‚ his work focused on the dominant knowledge of disciplinary systems and practices by tracking their historical era‚ social context‚ and nature of power they held in society. Foucault’s belief that our society is not one of spectacle but of great
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Everything In One View: Panopticism Then & Now "Everyone locked up in his cage‚ everyone at his window‚ answering to his name and showing himself when asked - it is great review of the living and the dead (Foucault 282)." Panopticism by Michel Foucault is a French philosophical essay that explores the themes of power and discipline and how it was manipulated in the seventeenth century and how it affected society over time. In "Panopticism" I noted a relationship between power and discipline in
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