Opposing Viewpoints Of Foucault And Rayner Analyzed Through Ethos, Logos, And Pathos

So, we obey the rules and regulations set for us. Another way to look at it is through school. When we’re walking down and empty hallway and you have the chance to break a rule, you may choose not to. Even though there is no physical being there, you remain cautious, lest someone catch you. This, in a sense, is how the imaginary prisoners of the panopticon felt. Even though we can’t see this hypothetical observer, we play by their rules. Is it likely that you’re being surveyed at all times? In most cases, no, it is not. This, however, does not change the fact that we are fearful of this observant spectator. In Frankie’s school, Alabaster, this is even more prominent due to the wealth and status of many of its students. They have their reputations on the line to worry about, and they don’t want to embarrass their families. Not only that, but, some of them may become political leaders one day, and the dread of this watcher using unseemly moments against them can be stressful. Because of these factors, the paranoia is increased

Foucault dug into the past investigating historical documents to question what is in familiar in the present ,The present order of things was thus made visible by accessing it from the past ,by viewing how it has been made through processes of social development .He did this through processes of social development ,through reading texts and documents to find traces of the present .In doing so he found a way of exploring his concerns about social life from a political and philosophical point of view. Discourses that organise particular fields of knowledge and power.P.323 E.B. Silva.

This is an example of how visibility is used as a trap because the inmates can always see the tower, but they “must never know whether he is being looked at any one moment; but he must be sure that he may always be so” which means that the inmates are ultimately tricked into behaving one way all the time, even if no one is watching them from within the tower. (Foucault 286) Is panopticism an effective form of discipline? Is the power within the Panopticon

Panopticism is a social theory named after the “panopticon”, which was originally developed by the French philosopher, Michel Foucault. Panopticon was first mentioned in his book, Discipline and Punish. In his book, he refers "panopticon" to “an experimental laboratory of power in which behaviour could be modified.” Foucault considered panopticon as a symbol of the “disciplinary society of surveillance” (Panopticism). In the two novels, Nineteen Eighty-Four and Frankenstein, panopticism is an element shown greatly. Though these two novels have many differences, this similarity shared between the two is equally important.

In other words, Foucault advocates for a kind of critique that is limited in scope. To quote, “we must try to proceed with the analysis of ourselves as beings who are historically determined, to a certain extent, by the Enlightenment”. Rather than to devise a theory of modernity that is universally applicable, it is more realistic to critically tackle specific issues locally. The attitude of critique then, is the belief that progress cannot be discovered by removing ourselves from the historical framework. Rather, real improvement is achieved when the issue is contextualized by the time it belongs

Foucault means that understanding yourself is one of the most important things. If you don’t understand yourself, you won’t understand your actions and reactions. If you don’t have a thorough understanding of yourself, that you can’t have a firm grasp on what your identity is. Sure, you might have some idea, but it will be shaky at

More specifically, the importance of the soul of the “offender”. His writings illustrated a broader critique of how power works. He deemed it as biopolitics which are the various forms of how power works. Foucault continuously stressed the importance of studying punishment in terms with its positive and negative effects. These effects are in relation to its’ aspects of power. This power can produce and determine who you are and what you do. Positive power is considered production and negative power is seen as repressive. Consequently, productive failure is an enduring feature of the prisons. It is central to reform, which is central to how prison systems

Everywhere one may go, their actions are being documented and data is being collected regarding this specific individual. Our society can see panopticism in many various ways of life, but one that is extremely significant is panopticism in the educational system. Many schools and universities are becoming progressively more dependent on technology. Technology is becoming the base of the education system. Many schools are offering and encouraging online classes and the way of communication between a teacher and students is predominantly online.

In this day and age, words like influence, perception, conformity, and power are just a few factors that correlate with most of the decisions we make. Influential aspects like the government, the media and modern society are actually a controlling factor that tend to hold this cloud of authority over our heads, which in turn shapes and molds our individualistic personalities. In Berger’s, “Ways of Seeing”, he claims that we are supposed to have this perception of power withheld in images, but as the images are constantly going through society’s cycles of reproduction and being influenced through a certain means, that power is being destroyed. In Foucault’s paper on the theory of “Panopticism”, he takes a stance that Panopticon is a way of describing

The panopticon is a system in which one is continuously surveillance and observed but at the same time is explicitly aware and has been explicitly shown to be being observed/surveillanced. This sort of “all seeing watchful eye” approach lends to what Jeremy Bentham calls a “power of mind over mind”. What is meant by this is that the panopticon acts directly on the individuals and shapes them by controlling power relations in individuals and groups of individuals.

In the essay, Panopticism, by Michel Focault, he makes the argument that we live in a society of

In order to access Michel Foucault's claims in Panopticism, I first read through the piece and defined any unfamiliar words. During the defining process words such as the carceral system, discipline, penalty, and power were defined and assigned to definitions that fit more with the descriptions of what Foucault most likely meant by them in his work. I attempted to create connections of Foucault's descriptions to history that I knew prior to my first reading such as the topic of the plague in Europe as well as the current system of incarceration. Upon completing the first read through of the dense material, I reviewed the piece a second time with a "text-to-speech" tool that would provide an auditory

“Panopticism is a social theory named after the Panopticon, originally developed by French philosopher Michel Foucault. The "panopticon" refers to an experimental laboratory of power in which behaviour could be modified, and Foucault viewed the panopticon as a symbol of the disciplinary society of surveillance.” (Foucault pg. 1) Even though panopticism was created in the 1950’s, we still use it in modern day society. It has been modernized into using security cameras, religion, etc…. Most security cameras are just for show and not to actually record you or they are on and operating, but rarely anyone is watching. With these in place, people will self regulate their behavior so they will not get caught.

Foucault has also gone into the normalization on humanity by the means of surveillance. This could mean that someone could be separated into their own group due to something they have that the rest of society doesn’t have. became very fascinated with the prison system especially the panopticon. He believed that the panopticon leads to many of the new surveillance technologies that would come after the panopticon was created. The panopticon is a prison that was designed so that every prisoner was being watched all the time by an

Foucault idea of the panopticon is to make power in society more powerful and effective. Creating a system that ensures a functioning way of how the people do things. Having been under surveillance to protect the need for anything that’s disorderly. But also creating too much security and restraint for individuals. Thus causing convenience but also a downfall towards individuals.