‘.. Rear Window reads like an ironic reversal of Bentham’s ‘Panopticon’ as exploited by Foucault’ Write an essay exploring the significance of the surveillant theme evident in the film Rear Window. “We’ve become a race of Peeping Toms – what people ought to do is get outside their house and look in for a change.” – Stella‚ Rear Window‚ 1954. The theme of surveillance is all too clear in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 film‚ ‘Rear Window’. From the opening credits‚ we immediately get a sense of what
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Panopticism is like the design of Bentham prison Panopticon. The prison is “At the periphery‚ and annular building; at the center‚ a tower; this tower is pierced with wide windows that open onto the inner side of the ring‚ the periphery building is divided into cells‚ each of which extends the whole width of the building; they have two windows‚ one on the inside‚ corresponding to the windows of the tower; the other‚ on the outside‚ allows the light to cross the cell from one end to the other.” (Foucault
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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 invisibly‚ without a physical‚ palpable presence. The idea of panopticism was refined in Bentham’s vision of the Panopticon‚ but true panopticism grew from this imaginary institution. Since man wrote his first law ‚ principles of power and discipline have
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every crime. During these times the major crimes committed were from the French Revolution and the major riots and civil unrest in the French society. In these prisons the Panopticon puts the inmates in a different state in which each one is there own separate individual. Foucault states that the major effect of these Panopticon are that they “induce the inmate in a state of conscious and permanent visibility that assures the automatic functioning of power.” ”Such a structure allows individuals to
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authority that draws the individual to believe that the world he lives in is one that is continually watching over him. This becomes another aspect of power where it underlies the main idea of separation as one of the many forms of forces in the Panopticon. The effects of surveillance are clearly discussed in Foucault’s essay. The infected population was always observed by presenting themselves at their windows for attendance. If they did not look out the window at that time‚ they would be considered
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------------------------------------------------- Discipline and Punish: a critical review ------------------------------------------------- This is a summary of Michel Foucault’s seminal work on the history of criminal punishment and social discipline as it transformed from punitive to correctional models during the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------
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Information‚ Communication and Society‚ 5(4)‚ 573-590. Ball‚ K. and Wilson‚ D. C. (2000): Power‚ control and computer-based performance monitoring: Repertoires‚ resistance and subjectivities. Organization Studies‚ 21(3) 539565. Bentham‚ J. (1995): The Panopticon Writings. Ed. Miran Bozovic London: Verso. Blau‚ P. M. (1964): Exchange and Power in Social Life‚ Wiley: New York. Crossman‚ A. (2002): Exploring the dynamics of the psychological contract. Proceedings of the British Academy of Management Conference
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second type of theory on punishment‚ “Disciplinary Power”‚ where he states that punishment is no longer about torturing but instead it is about control‚ training and education. With that‚ he uses Jeremy Bentham’s design of a building called the “Panopticon”‚ a disciplinary machine. It is a building with a tower at the center for warders; this gives a three-sixty view of the facility which is comprised with countless cells that only have two windows on it. One for which the warders can observe each
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“The Panopticon is a marvellous machine which‚ whatever use one may wish to put it to‚ produces homogenous effects of power” (Foucault 202). When people are observed constantly they develop discipline‚ and most dare to not violate any rules. Nearly everywhere we
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architectural realization of the Panopticon‚ a prison for society and those who inhabit it. Also‚ there is the matter of constant surveillance‚ discipline and power in society. The Panopticon is not only a building where people are being governed‚ but also a laboratory-- “The Panopticon is a privileged place for experiments on men” (Foucault 219). A “privileged place” that gives a positive connotation to a residence that is otherwise considered a prison. The power of the Panopticon is derived not from the
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