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xx, 309 pages ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The Transition from the Industrial to the Digital Age -- Interdisciplinary Discussions of Privacy and its Loss -- Philosophical Debates About Privacy -- Privacy as a Legal and Constitutional Right -- National Security and the Expansion of Digital Surveillance -- The Legal Architecture Governing Mass State Surveillance -- Features of State Surveillance in the United States -- Surveilling the Most Vulnerable: The State and Refugees, Migrants, Dissidents and Minorities -- Global Digital Mass Surveillance Practices -- Representative Examples of State Surveillance Around the World -- The Rise of "Surveillance Capitalism" -- Conspiracy Theories and Other Impacts of the Social Media Platforms -- Surveillance Tools and the Coronavirus Pandemic: A Case Study -- Conclusion and Epilogue. |
| Summary |
"This book investigates the impact of the spread of digital technologies and practices, especially mass surveillance, on privacy and personhood. Lindau argues that the quest for prediction, certainty, and control at the heart of the state's security apparatus destroys an essential component of human dignity and fundamentally undermines liberalism"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Surveillance and the Vanishing Individual is an investigation into the impact of the spread of digital technologies and practices, and especially the wide-spread practice of mass surveillance, on privacy and personhood. The book argues that the quest for prediction, certainty, and control lying at the heart of the state's security apparatus destroys an essential component of human dignity and fundamentally undermines liberalism. The book begins with a discussion of the rise of the digital age and the historical import of this development. Subsequent chapters of the book examine different cultural understandings of privacy, the philosophical discussion of its centrality to human existence, and the form and extent of its legal protection. Lindau explores the reasons behind the rise of mass state surveillance, the modest legal restraints governing its use, and its deployment against activists, protestors, and dissidents and its impact on individuals and on privacy. The book then turns to a discussion of the rise of "surveillance capitalism" and, because this is not just--or even primarily--a U.S. phenomenon, examines the political, social, and other impacts of social media around the world. The book includes a case study discussing the global use of surveillance during the Covid-19 pandemic and the implications of this development before concluding with reflections on the relationship between mass surveillance and liberalism. The book will appeal equally to readers across the social sciences and philosophy, and to students in courses on privacy, surveillance, and democracy. Lindau expertly explores the social, political, and economic consequences of digitization and one of its essential features - the appropriation and "mining" of ever large troves of personal information. The book primarily focuses on the experience of the United States but includes a comparative cross-national and cross-regional analysis and a discussion of the link between different regime types and state surveillance. -- Provided by publisher. |
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Privacy, Right of -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Electronic surveillance -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Globalization -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Personal information management -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Privacy -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Electronic surveillance. (OCoLC)fst00907477
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Globalization. (OCoLC)fst00943532
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Personal information management. (OCoLC)fst01058583
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Privacy. (OCoLC)fst01077437
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Privacy, Right of. (OCoLC)fst01077444
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| Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies. (OCoLC)fst01423769
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| ISBN |
9781538173503 hardcover |
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1538173506 hardcover |
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9781538173510 paperback |
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1538173514 paperback |
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9781538173527 electronic publication |
| Standard No. |
40031684619 |
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