Panopticism extends discipline from enclosed quarantine to every distant element

Evidence

On the whole, therefore, one can speak of the formation of a disciplinary society in this movement that stretches from the enclosed disciplines, a sort of social ‘quarantine’, to an indefinitely generalizable mechanism of ‘panopticism’. Not because the disciplinary modality of power has replaced all the others; but because it has infiltrated the others, sometimes undermining them, but serving as an intermediary between them, linking them together, extending them and above all making it possible to bring the effects of power to the most minute and distant elements. It assures an infinitesimal distribution of the power relations. — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 339

Categorization

• XREF: This is the exact ‘generalizable beyond institutional walls’ move that the reader’s thesis claims Orwell dramatizes by putting telescreens in every home and mind. — connects to: The panopticon amplifies whatever institution it is applied to — Jeremy Bentham, The Panopticon Writings, 274; Panopticism amplifies social forces rather than merely defending against threats — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 323; Panoptic power derives from invisible omnipresence rather than real presence — Jeremy Bentham, The Panopticon Writings, 38 (+1 more)

Related

• Panopticism amplifies social forces rather than merely defending against threats (similarity 0.84)
• The panopticon amplifies whatever institution it is applied to (similarity 0.84)
• The Panopticon is an abstract diagram of power, not a literal building (similarity 0.82)
• Bentham sought to diffuse disciplines through the entire social body (similarity 0.81)
• Disciplinary power aims at maximum effect at minimum cost and resistance. (similarity 0.80)
• Power operates as a diffuse micro-physics not localized in any single institution (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Panoptic power derives from invisible omnipresence rather than real presence #expands (0.90) — Jeremy Bentham, The Panopticon Writings, 38
• Institutions laicized religious minute-discipline into technical control of everyday life #corroborates (0.75) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 217