I Am Learning New Things

The conceptualization and actualization of the panopticon is something that derives out of the twistedness of phallocentrism and Patriarchy. Alas, what I have become aware of, through reading Foucault's Discipline and Punish is that this panopticon is a very intricate and finely put together system of the all seeing eye: Public institutions in todays society all serve as instruments in the panopticon--they all serve to gather information on the public at large and individuals in general. These institutions include churches, hospitals, police precints, libraries, schools, charities, courts, parishes, state bureaucracies, police records, and places of work, etc. They all gather information and they all gather information which is used by the state. This is nothing new, but as I read Foucault's analysis, the picture became clearer.