This derives from the concept of a panopticon from Jeremy Bentham, which is a circular prison with a guard tower in the middle to watch prisoners at all times without the prisoners knowing whether they are being watched in that moment or not. Shah asserts that the concept of panopticism in Nineteen Eighty Four, in which citizens of Oceania are always monitored but do not know if they are being watched in that moment, is the key to their psychology of fearing the influence of the Party, especially due to the possibility of being the Thought Police taking one away to the Ministry of Love for
This derives from the concept of a panopticon from Jeremy Bentham, which is a circular prison with a guard tower in the middle to watch prisoners at all times without the prisoners knowing whether they are being watched in that moment or not. Shah asserts that the concept of panopticism in Nineteen Eighty Four, in which citizens of Oceania are always monitored but do not know if they are being watched in that moment, is the key to their psychology of fearing the influence of the Party, especially due to the possibility of being the Thought Police taking one away to the Ministry of Love for