1. Deconstructing panopticism into the plural panopticons -- 2. From Discipline and punish to The birth of biopolitics -- 3. From 'utopia' to 'programme': building a panopticon in Geneva -- 4. Penal theory without the panopticon -- 5. From the penitentiary to the political panoptic paradigm -- 6 Transparency and politics: the reversed panopticon as a response to abuse of power -- 7. Social control and the legal panoptic paradigm -- Epilogue: The panopticon as a contemporary icon?
Summary
This book combines an appreciation of Bentham's broader project with an engagement of Foucault's insights on economic government to go beyond the received reading of panopticism as a dark disciplinary technology of power. It is essential reading for historians of intellectual history but also of interest to students of contemporary surveillance and society
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-220) and index
