Foucault Analysis – Panopticism

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Analysis Questions (The entire response must be within 400-600 words)

• Number and respond to all prompt questions below. Support your reasoning using only examples from the relevant Week 3 materials. Aim to be clear and concise: There is a small penalty for going over or under the word limit.
  • Don’t forget to write your total word count at the end!

1. According to Foucault, what is the relationship between the plague-stricken town and the panoptic establishment? In other words, why does he bring them up in the same chapter? What is his purpose for doing so?
2. What is the Panopticon? Why does Foucault call it “power reduced to its ideal form?” Clarify how power becomes automated under panopticism.
3. What are the major effects of panopticism on society? What are the consequences of those effects?
4. What does Foucault mean by “power”? How does it relate to “knowledge,” and how does knowledge operate?
   • (Foucault touches on this a bit in the reading (p. 658 and elsewhere))
   Guidelines:
5. This is not a research project, so outside sources are not allowed. Use of outside sources may result in a loss of points or a “0” grade.
6. No AI Policy
7. Formatting: 12 point font, Times New Roman, 1 inch margins, and organize your writing into paragraphs when appropriate.
8. Citations: Use in-text citations when citing or explaining evidence from the assigned reading/watching.
   • Be sure to explain any quotations in your own words. When citing evidence, use in-text citations: include the author’s name and the page number (if applicable). For example, (author name 88). If citing evidence from a video, then cite the time-stamp. For example, “Quotation from the assigned video” (author name time stamp).
   • Pro Tip: it’s ok to shorten the passages. You can include […] when you are omitting unnecessary text from the passage to shorten it.
   Attached a document for the reading its about 10-15 pages, make sure there are 2-3 citations within answering the questions.