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The Panopticon Writings
Jeremy Bentham
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Description for The Panopticon Writings
Paperback. Classic writings on the Panopticon from the renowned English philosopher Series: Radical Thinkers Classic Editions. Num Pages: 168 pages, ill. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 192.
The Panopticon project for a model prison obsessed the English philosopher Jeremy Bentham for almost 20 years. In the end, the project came to nothing; the Panopticon was never built. But it is precisely this that makes the Panopticon project the best exemplification of Bentham's own theory of fictions, according to which non-existent fictitious entities can have all too real effects. There is probably no building that has stirred more philosophical controversy than Bentham's Panopticon. The Panopticon is not merely, as Foucault thought, "a cruel, ingenious cage", in which subjects collaborate in their own subjection, but much more-constructing the Panopticon ... Read more
The Panopticon project for a model prison obsessed the English philosopher Jeremy Bentham for almost 20 years. In the end, the project came to nothing; the Panopticon was never built. But it is precisely this that makes the Panopticon project the best exemplification of Bentham's own theory of fictions, according to which non-existent fictitious entities can have all too real effects. There is probably no building that has stirred more philosophical controversy than Bentham's Panopticon. The Panopticon is not merely, as Foucault thought, "a cruel, ingenious cage", in which subjects collaborate in their own subjection, but much more-constructing the Panopticon ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Radical Thinkers
Condition
New
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844676668
SKU
V9781844676668
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About Jeremy Bentham
Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) was the founder of the doctrine of utilitarianism, outlined in "An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation" (1789). His work on the Panopticon began in 1785. His concern with legal reform and codification continued throughout his life, and he was a campaigner for universal suffrage, the secret ballot and the abolition of capital and corporal ... Read more
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