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Panopticism  

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  • The principle of an unconstrained and omnipresent gaze is central to our current understanding of panopticism as a perspective on social control. Usually related to the growth of new total institutions of control in the 19th century, it has deeper auspices, historically. [Source: International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies; Panopticism]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-P7CJF9KJ-L

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