One ring to reify them all, one ring to humanize them all. When the human eyes of restorative justice meet the dehumanizing gaze of panoptic surveillance
One ring to reify them all, one ring to humanize them all. When the human eyes of restorative justice meet the dehumanizing gaze of panoptic surveillance

Summary/Abstract: Supported by a socio-political message that, in the light of worrying global phenomena, makes security a supreme value within today's societies, the forms of surveillance currently made possible by technological progress no longer concern exclusively those who have committed a crime or are accused of its commission, but also extend to the ordinary citizen, who finds himself living in a society characterized by suspicion. If the benefits brought by the new forms of control appear manifold (though not always indisputable), the risks associated with them cannot be overlooked: today's monitoring practices, in fact, often manifest a worrying tendency toward the reification of the subject under surveillance, whose humanity turns out to be often forgotten and debased. Such drifts do not appear so surprising if one takes care to note that behind current forms of surveillance lies a model of control, the panoptic one, which seems willing to sacrifice people's humanity in order to ensure individual happiness and collective security. Through this work, the author not only intends to highlight the possible reifying effects of current monitoring practices and their theoretical assumptions, but also wishes to show how the cardinal principles of restorative justice culture - the awareness of the fallibility of human beings, the value of empowerment and dialogue, and the relational nature of man - can be usefully employed to stem the most disturbing drifts of post-modern surveillance and to imagine a society in which the humanity of individuals need not be sacrificed on the altar of security

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