As those in power who seek only their own interest and gain continue seeking to instill panoptical fear so that the fearful ...

Discover the chilling history of the panopticon prison, imagined by Jeremy Bentham as a means to optimize organization and control without direct surveillance. Explore the impact of industrialization ...

The Haarlem Koepelgevangenis ("dome prison") is just one of three so-called panopticons in the Netherlands: circular prisons with a central watch tower, built in the 19th century and designed to ...

Not quite a household word (beyond academia, anyway), “panopticon” nonetheless turns up in news stories with surprising frequency—here and here, for example, and here and here. The Greek roots in its ...

A new slate of atmospheric black folk metal is fast approaching, as it’s been revealed that Panopticon is currently mixing their followup to the 2021 release of …and Again into the Light. The solo act ...

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The panopticon, first envisioned by British philosopher and social reformer Jeremy Bentham in the 1700s, is a circular structure with a domed roof and cells arranged in tiers on the circumference.