The panopticon is a design of institutional building with an inbuilt system of control, originated by the English philosopher and social theorist Jeremy Bentham in the 18th century.

Panopticon, architectural form for a prison, the drawings for which were published by Jeremy Bentham in 1791. It consisted of a circular, glass-roofed, tanklike structure with cells along the external wall facing toward a central rotunda; guards stationed in …

2020年4月18日 · An expression of power and a symbol of surveillance, the panopticon is a notorious architectural concept intended as a disciplinary mechanism. Photographer Romain Veillon shares his images of the...

Designed and supervised by Samuel Bentham, the St Petersburg panopticon was a school rather than a prison. The Panopticon School of Arts, begun in 1806, was destroyed by fire in 1818.

2017年7月18日 · The panopticon is a disciplinary concept brought to life in the form of a central observation tower placed within a circle of prison cells. From the tower, a guard can see every cell and inmate but the inmates can’t see into the tower.

Jeremy Bentham’s panopticon is a design for a prison that allows for the constant surveillance of prisoners. The design features two circular towers, one inside the other, the outer one containing cells that face the inner tower from which guards, who would be invisible to prisoners, would have an unobstructed view of each cell.

2021年9月13日 · panopticon (1785) English philosopher, jurist, and social reformer. Founder of modern utilitarianism "It is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong." Influenced the development of welfarism Advocated: individual and economic freedoms, separation of

6 天之前 · Although Jeremy Bentham’s panopticon prison design may have been intended for a government audience, he actually borrowed the underlying idea from his brother Samuel. Samuel Bentham’s application of this design was not for a prison but instead was a way for an experienced manager to supervise relatively unskilled workers. 6 In a twist of ...