Bentham Jeremy - The Panopticon Writings - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: 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 produces not only a prison but also a god within it. The Panopticon is a machine which on assembly is already inhabited by a ghost. It is through the Panopticon and the closely related theory of fictions that Bentham has made his greatest impact on modern thought; above all on the theory of power. The Panopticon writings are frequently cited rarely read. This edition contains the complete Panopticon Letters together with selections from Panopticon Postscript I and Fragment on Ontology Bentham's fullest account of fictions. A comprehensive introduction by Miran Bozovic explores the place of Panopticon in contemporary theoretical debate.
Title: The Panopticon Writings
Author(s): Bentham Jeremy, Miran Bozovic
Publisher: Verso Books
Barcode: 9781844676668
Pages: 168 Pages
Publication Date: 1/10/2011
Series: Radical Thinkers Set 05
Category: Social & Political Philosophy