As shown above, Foucault starts ¡°Panopticism¡± with a talk on the plague. After the explanatory introduction, Foucault presents an analysis of the prison system created by a famous economist Betham, Panopticon. The set-up

In the next part of the essay, Foucault points out three disciplinary mechanisms, the functional inversion of the disciplines as the first one. In this part, Foucault brings up an issue related to the military. Its discipline is ¡°no longer a mere means of preventing looting, desertion, or failure to obey orders among the troops [but] a basic technique to enable the army to exist¡± (239). The purpose of the military is not just to help defending a country, but also to help the society live now. It trains people to get along with others and to fit in the society that they are living in. Foucault also brings up problems with Christian schools such as ignorance, idleness, and formation of gangs. The coherence between military and Christian schools is somewhat unclear, yet one can see into where Foucault is leading his essay.

The last of the three disciplinary mechanisms is the state-control of the mechanisms of the discipline. Throughout the passage, Foucault indicates that Panopticism, though it may sound strange, can be a good example for everyone in the society. Discipline, according to Foucault¡¯s definition, cannot be defined as right and wrong. If one lacks discipline and tries "[to] obtain the exercise of power at the lowest possible cost[, to] maximize the effects of the power and extend it without failure[, to] increase t

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