Question 1

Foucault (author of &#34;Panopticism&#34;) concludes that&#10;A) punishment should always be sure and swift.&#10;B) power to discipline is best exercised at a distance, with subjects not knowing if they are being watched.&#10;C) self-discipline makes society and all of its norms, prohibitions, and laws unnecessary.&#10;D) without social control backed up by coercion, life would be &#34;nasty, brutish, and short.&#34;

Accepted Answer

Foucault argues that power is best exerted through the use of a panopticon, which is a prison design where the guards can observe the prisoners without the prisoners knowing if they are being watched. This creates a sense of constant surveillance and forces the prisoners to self-regulate and self-discipline, which is more effective than physical punishment. This idea extends beyond just prisons and can be applied to society as a whole.

Question 2

Foucault makes clear that the idea of a Panopticon is&#10;A) science fiction, but a possible future reality.&#10;B) the source of global climate change and not likely to be affected by changing energy use.&#10;C) applicable to many areas of modern society (not only prisons but hospitals, workplaces, schools) and possibly everywhere.&#10;D) useful to anyone interested in trying out new ideas; it's what he calls a

Accepted Answer

Foucault argues that the idea of a Panopticon, originally proposed as a prison design, has been applied to many areas of modern society and could be present everywhere. He stresses that the format of the Panopticon is not limited to physical architecture, but also exists in the form of power structures and surveillance systems. Therefore, the best choice is C, which accurately reflects Foucault's view on the applicability of the Panopticon concept.

Question 3

Discipline and punishment are the key terms of Michael Foucault's book, from which our reading came, but the central concept of the reading is&#10;A) conformity.&#10;B) freedom.&#10;C) social class.&#10;D) power.

Accepted Answer

The central concept of the reading is power, which is the underlying force behind discipline and punishment. Foucault argues that power is not just possessed by individuals or institutions, but is pervasive throughout society and structures the way we live and interact with each other. Discipline and punishment are mechanisms through which power is exercised to maintain social order and control individuals.

Question 4

Foucault (&#34;Panopticism&#34;) emphasizes the way&#10;A) pet training compares in many ways to the socialization of small children.&#10;B) terrible treatment of prisoners is nothing new, but it is far less butal today than in the past.&#10;C) school children quickly learn how to discipline themselves and usually punish themselves in small ways that save teachers from having to punish them.&#10;D) solitude plus visibility is the best way to organize people for the purpose of control and discipline.

Accepted Answer

Foucault argues that the panopticon, a prison design that allows for constant surveillance by a single observer without the observed knowing whether or not they're being watched, serves as a model for how power operates more broadly in society. Solitude (i.e. being alone in one's cell) and visibility (i.e. being able to be watched at any time) work together to create a sense of constant observation and potential punishment, which encourages individuals to discipline themselves and conform to societal norms. This, in turn, makes it easier for those in power to control and regulate society as a whole.

Question 5

Who is the person who first coined the term, &#34;Panopticon&#34;?&#10;A) President Richard Nixon (or one of his speech writers)&#10;B) Jeremy Bentham, an eighteenth-century British writer&#10;C) Steve Jobs, founder of Microsoft Corporation&#10;D) Ernest Hemingway, American novelist who won the Nobel Prize for literature

Accepted Answer

The term "Panopticon" was first coined by Jeremy Bentham, an eighteenth-century British writer, in his writings on prison design and social reform.

Deck 32: Michel Foucault, Panopticism From Discipline and Punish: the Birth of the Prison