Jeremy Bentham

philosopher · 2 mentions across 2 readings

In this course

Bentham appears primarily through the oblique reference to his panopticon in the first excerpt, which anchors a historical distinction between disciplinary and control societies that the reading is updating for the digital age. His prison design functions as the foundational example for understanding how surveillance technologies structure power, though the reading suggests this classical disciplinary model needs revision in light of contemporary electronic monitoring and distributed control systems. The reference serves to establish a genealogy of architectural thinking about visibility and coercion that remains relevant to how AI and algorithmic systems remake social space.

Mentioned in 2 readings

James Brusseau

Deleuzes Postscript on the Societies of Control Updated for Big Data and Predictive Analytics

The second clarification is the adjustment of central examples. Thirty years ago, the distinction between discipline and control adhered well to the difference between the cement walls of a prison and the electronic collar of house arrest. …

Nadia Asparouhova

Antimemetics: Why Some Ideas Resist Spreading

Refusing to engage with difficult ideas – even those that point towards the deep suffering of our fellow humans – does not necessarily make us cruel and callous, or even selfish. No one can expect to fully address, and reconcile, every dile…

Appears alongside

People mentioned in the same passages — sorted by co-occurrence weight.

Michel Foucault 1