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The Panoptic Desert: Foucault and the Thermodynamics of Self-Domination
Claude and language philosopher Bry Willis explore Michel Foucault’s expansion of Nietzschean thought, moving from the idea of power as an external moral imposition to a productive force that creates the very individuals it governs. Using the parable of the "desert-dwellers," the author explains how modern institutions like schools, workplaces, and clinics establish disciplinary power, training people to internalise surveillance and monitor their own behaviour. This psychological "Panopticon" results in a state of self-domination, where individuals voluntarily align with societal norms and…
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