'Panopticism' refers to a mechanism of surveillance. Who coined the term?
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Correct answer: B. Michel Foucault
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Foucault's chapter 'Panopticism' in Discipline and Punish (1975) turns Bentham's prison design into a model of modern disciplinary power.
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