Has there ever been any commentary on Foucault’s Panopticism. Panopticism is prob. a bit obscure, but I wonder if it has ever been mentioned in libertarian political and social theory.
There are a lot of post-structuralist anarchists out there that draw heavily on Foucault. I’ve noticed a lot in Greece. I’m not sure about Panopticism specifically, however.
Rothbard in history of economic thought. (start page 30)
The idea of panopticon comes from Jeremy Bentham, but Foucault is commenting upon it. I assume you read his book Discipline and Punish?
But maybe read Bentham’s work. And there is a few articles here at mises.org about Bentham’s panopticon. Basically, it is brought up whenever there is talk about a ‘new’ security state proposal. Wherein you cannot know who is watching, usually to save money and cut down on man hours and open displays of violence.
See my blog post today.