The Panopticon of Japanese Collectivism in The Screw People

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Published: Dec 19, 2025
Keywords:
Philosophy, Individualism, Collectivism, Japanese, Western, Panopticon, Foucault, Social Control, Manga, Comic, Discipline, School, Pop Culture

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Jackson Choi
KPU

Abstract

A research paper examining a Japanese reinterpretation of the Western critical theories of Louis Althusser and Michel Foucault in Tamiki Wakaki's comic, The Screw People, in relation to social control, conformity, and collectivism.

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Vol. 2 (2025)
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