... tower to the prisoners, the latter where constantly seized by the feeling that they are watched and therefore should abide by certain rules of conduct. Foucault uses this model as a metaphor to deal with the operation of power and surveillance in contemporary society. Indeed, Napoleon's newly acquired invisibility seems to offer him better position to maintain an unquestionable authority over the ... ...

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