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Surveillance and the Vanishing Individual - Power and Privacy in the Digital Age (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,647
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Surveillance and the Vanishing Individual - Power and Privacy in the Digital Age (Hardcover): Juan D. Lindau

Surveillance and the Vanishing Individual - Power and Privacy in the Digital Age (Hardcover)

Juan D. Lindau

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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.

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Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of origin: United States
Release date: December 2022
Authors: Juan D. Lindau
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 978-1-5381-7350-3
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Ethical issues & debates > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > Civil rights & citizenship
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LSN: 1-5381-7350-6
Barcode: 9781538173503

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