[Foucault-L] Dissertation Project: Foucault and panopticism

Hello,

I am currently in the very early stages of preparing to do a dissertation on Foucault and in particular his work on panopticism. Currently I am considering on focusing on whether Foucault is criticising disciplinary society in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries or whether he is providing a critique of the transition that occurred from sovereign to disciplinary society. I was wondering if this topic would yield enough debate to be to write around 10,000 words on and whether you would be able to suggest works that I would be able to look at.
If you do not deem this pursuit to be fruitful, are there any other areas related to panopticism that provides more areas of debate?

Many thanks in advance.

Terrence




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