Bentham’s inspection principle aims to make students visible at every moment of their time

Evidence

Applied to these, you will find it capable of two very distinguishable degrees of extension: – It may be confined to the hours of study; or it may be made to fill the whole circle of time, including the hours of repose, and refreshment, and recreation. — Jeremy Bentham, The Panopticon Writings, 257

Categorization

• XREF: Directly extends the panoptic principle beyond prisons — the boundary-expansion move Orwell dramatizes by putting telescreens in Winston’s private home. — connects to: Bentham saw the inspection principle as a deceptively simple breakthrough — Jeremy Bentham, The Panopticon Writings, 277; The examination is a normalizing gaze that classifies and punishes through visibility — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 284; Apparent omnipresence of the inspector sustains discipline — Jeremy Bentham, The Panopticon Writings, 33 (+1 more)

Related

• The examination is a normalizing gaze that classifies and punishes through visibility (similarity 0.82)
• Bentham claimed the inspection principle fits every institutional setting, not just prisons. (similarity 0.82)
• Bentham saw the inspection principle as a deceptively simple breakthrough (similarity 0.82)
• Constant visibility captures subjects better than darkness and enclosure ever did (similarity 0.81)
• Apparent omnipresence of the inspector sustains discipline (similarity 0.81)
• Panoptic power derives from invisible omnipresence rather than real presence (similarity 0.80)
• Examinations normalize subjects and differentiate their abilities simultaneously (similarity 0.79)
• The panopticon could experimentally prove universal educability (similarity 0.79)
• Panoptic power rests on central inspection plus unseen watching (similarity 0.79)
• Observation, normalizing judgment, and examination comprise the three engines of discipline. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• The examination is a normalizing gaze that classifies and punishes through visibility #expands (0.95) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 284
• Apparent omnipresence of the inspector sustains discipline #expands (0.90) — Jeremy Bentham, The Panopticon Writings, 33
• Bentham saw the inspection principle as a deceptively simple breakthrough #expands (0.80) — Jeremy Bentham, The Panopticon Writings, 277
• Examinations normalize subjects and differentiate their abilities simultaneously #expands (0.75) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 240