1. American Dream and Panoptical Procedures
How can America, the land of the free and home of the brave, consist of a society that is self-driven and individualistic, yet still have this set, stereotypical ideal of success? ... In his essay, Foucault uses the disciplinary mechanisms of the plague to relay the idea of the panopticon. ... The furtive power in America is its government "trickling down power in a hierarchical system that molds individuals and determines their choices for them, quite unlike the "land of the free and home of the brave- fazade with which it is usually attributed. ...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate