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Oltre il "Panopticon"? Foucault e la videosorveglianza

Chiara Fonio

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Foucault's figure of the Panopticon has exercised a considerable influence over the surveillance studies in the past decades. The article explores, both theoretically and empirically, the applicability of the Foucault's Panopticon to the practices of public video surveillance. In particular, the paper aims to understand if the metaphor of the Panopticon is still useful to explain contemporary surveillance.

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Foucault's figure of the Panopticon has exercised a considerable influence over the surveillance studies in the past decades. The article explores, both theoretically and empirically, the applicability of the Foucault's Panopticon to the practices of public video surveillance. In particular, the paper aims to understand if the metaphor of the Panopticon is still useful to explain contemporary surveillance.

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Foucault's figure of the Panopticon has exercised a considerable influence over the surveillance studies in the past decades. The article explores, both theoretically and empirically, the applicability of the Foucault's Panopticon to the practices of public video surveillance. In particular, the paper aims to understand if the metaphor of the Panopticon is still useful to explain contemporary surveillance.

Key concepts: Panopticon, Michel foucault, Metaphor, Jeremy bentham, Sociology, Biopower, Power (physics), Epistemology

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