Jeremy Bentham's Panoptic Device
Jeremy Bentham's Panoptic Device
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杰里米·边沁的全景装置
作者：
J. Miller;R. Miller
首先，描述该装置的基本元件。该装置是一座建筑物。它是圆形的。每层楼的周围都有牢房。中央，一座塔。中心和圆周之间是一个中立的中间区域。每个牢房都有一个向外的窗户，其结构可以让空气和光线进入，但外面的视野被阻挡；每个单元还有一个向内打开的格栅门，以便空气和光线可以流通到中央核心。可以从中央塔楼的房间看到牢房，但百叶窗系统阻止从牢房看到这些房间或其居民。该建筑被环形墙包围。在这堵墙和建筑物之间有一条供哨兵使用的走道。建筑物只有一个入口或出口，或者通过外墙。该建筑已完全关闭。
To begin with, a description of the basic elements of the apparatus. The apparatus is a building. It is circular. There are cells around the circumference, on each floor. In the center, a tower. Between the center and the circumference is a neutral, intermediate zone. Each cell has a window to the outside, so constructed that air and light can enter, but the view outside is blocked; each cell also has a grilled door that opens toward the inside so that air and light can circulate to the central core. The cells can be viewed from the rooms in the central tower, but a system of shutters prevents those rooms or their inhabitants from being seen from the cells. The building is surrounded by an annular wall. Between this wall and the building there is a walkway for sentries. There is only one entrance or exit to the building or through the outer wall. The building is completely closed.