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The more strictly we are watched, the better we behave: Jeremy Bentham's Panopticon

Part of our ongoing series of free Saturday lectures!


Jeremy Bentham is often portrayed as the oppressive manipulator of minds who distilled the essence of the disciplinary societies in which we still live. Michael Quinn of University College London explains the Panopticon concept and its place within Bentham’s wider project of delivering happiness through law.


Speaker(s):

Michael Quinn | talks

 

Date and Time:

30 April 2016 at 2:00 pm

Duration:

1 hour

 

Venue:

Bethlem Museum of the Mind
Bethlem Royal Hospital
Monks Orchard Road
Beckenham
BR3 3BX
020 3228 4227
http://museumofthemind.org.uk/

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Free

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Additional Information:

The nearest station is Eden Park (London zone 5) or East Croydon. For full directions, visit our website: http://museumofthemind.org.uk/visit

The Museum and the Bethlem Gallery will be open until 5pm.

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