Originally, though, the panopticon was what the British political philosopher Jeremy Bentham proposed as a new model of ...

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The show, created by JJ Bailey, begins in a remote (Wyoming, but wherever) and mysterious (vaguely) subterranean prison designed by somebody who once heard a reference to Jeremy Bentham’s ...

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Our schools are the best illustrations of Jeremy Bentham's panopticons. The basic setup of Bentham’s panopticon is this: there is a central tower surrounded by cells. In the central tower is the ...