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jacobwolman's review against another edition
5.0
A great, approachable, short exploration of the history (and the present) of systems built to surveille, protect, and control. Read it!
taxidermy's review against another edition
4.0
Now I keep telling my psychologist about the Panopticon while she goes "I don't know... that's scary..."
emmkayt's review against another edition
2.0
2.5 stars. Informative overview of surveillance, from Bentham to present day London and Oakland. It's heavy on the Foucault and a bit dry, but very loosely adopts a 'field guide' format with spasmodic jocularity, if half-heartedly so, which leaves it a bit betwixt and between in terms of tone and depth. I do think I've come away from it with a keener eye and a helpful framework, however.
zararah's review against another edition
3.0
I'm not sure who the intended target audience for this is: it's a fairly basic introduction to Foucault and Bentham, but I can't imagine that many newcomers to the topic would pick up a book like this. The writing style is slightly stilted between the two authors - different chapters having, I imagine, different main authors. We read this as part of the Tech Book Club Berlin and it stimulated a lot of discussion between participants, though!
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