This article aims to draw a parallel between Bentham's panopticon, based on Foucault, and the Freudian superego. The Panopticon was not just a physical construction, but rather corresponded to the transposition to reality of the political-social ideal of an era. It portrays a relation of powers in which the subject sees himself controlled by another, whose invisibility is a catalyst for the perception of vigilance and oppression. From the superego, the representative of culture in the subject, we seek to articulate the two concepts and the encounter, to address the changes arising from the change of the father's place in contemporary times and its implications for subjectification.
Key words:
Superego; panoptic; father; culture