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Expand Up @@ -148,10 +148,11 @@ in this new society. That mechanism is called "discipline." Discipline
the great advances of Taylorism, for example, was studying how the bodies of
assembly line workers operated and streamlining their motions.

Foucault also introduces the idea of the 'Panopticon,' which is a prison in
a circular shape by which the rooms can all observe each other. The observation
would help to keep them all in line, since the all-seeing tower in the middle
would be able to observe everyone at all times.
Foucault also illustrates that control and power in modern society mirror
Jeremy Bentham's concept of the 'Panopticon,' which is a prison in a circular
shape by which the rooms can all observe each other. The observation would help
to keep them all in line, since the all-seeing tower in the middle would be able
to observe everyone at all times.

![panopticon](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Panopticon.jpg/250px-Panopticon.jpg)

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