In a message dated 8/22/2005 2:23:53 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
shmickeyd@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
am currently working on reworking the model of the
panopticon ('without loss of generality') and am
interested to know of any material which others feel
helpfully elaborates the theme of panopticism. The
'model' I am working on reduces the generalizable
model of the panopticon to two essential elements: a
'fatalistic vision' (expressed in the figure of the
basilisk, whcih serves as its symbol) enjoined with
the optical-archiectural device of the one-way mirror.
You may want to look at Matthew Eshleman's article, "Sartre and Foucault on
Ideal "Constraints."" (in Sartre International Studies, vol. 10, Issue 2,
2004) Foucault claimed that the soul was produced which presents a problem for
individual freedom. He pointed to Sartre's early work for a possible
solution. Eshleman spells out Sartre's position. I thought that one underlying
presupposition was that the panopticon was not ubiqutous, maybe nearly so or
seemingly so, it is simply a material constraint. In contrast, Foucault
describes the soul-prison. The relationship between the two along the lines is
partially spelled out by Sartre. FredW