This one was a doozy. It’s the book touted as the one that inspired George Orwell to write 1984 and in fact, there’s a lot of similarities. Written in 1921 it’s set in the 26th century in a dystopic panopticon society which works on Taylorism and has banned art and any individuality of any sort. […]
It’s Really A Panopticon World
Last week I called my brother, an electrical engineer who was reading Foucault at the time. This didn’t strike me as odd because if you knew my brother, you’d realise this is normal behaviour. He is well-versed in philosophy, political science and bartitsu (you’ll have to look this one up to believe it). Yeah, my […]