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Elevation, section and plan of Jeremy Bentham's Panopticon, drawn by Willey Reveley, 1791

The Panopticon is a type of institutional building designed by English philosopher and social theorist Jeremy Bentham in the late eighteenth century. The concept of the design is to allow a watchman to observe (-opticon) all (pan-) inmates of an institution without their being able to tell whether or not they are being watched.

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• Related: Panopticism, Total institution, Eastern State Penitentiary, Discipline and Punish, Mass surveillance, Omniscience, Right to privacy

Panopticon Panopticon cartome.org/panopticon2.htm - Web

Special Issue on the Panopticon Special Issue on the Panopticon www.surveillance-and-society.org/journalv1i3.htm - Web

Control and Surveillance from Computers In Society Control and Surveillance from Computers In Society www.chris-kimble.com/Courses/cis/cis7.html - Web

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Simon Werrett "The Panopticon in the Garden" Simon Werrett "The Panopticon in the Garden" abimperio.net/cgi-bin/aishow.pl?idlang=1&state=shown&idnumb=71 - Web

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