Zygmunt Bauman, David Lyon

Liquid Surveillance

A Conversation

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this book the surveillance analysis of David Lyon meets the liquid modern world so insightfully dissected by Zygmunt Bauman. Dealing with questions of power, technology, and morality, this book is a brilliant analysis of what it means to be watched - and watching - today.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Polity Press
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 139mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 352g
• ISBN-13: 9780745662824
• ISBN-10: 074566282X
• Artikelnr.: 41243096

Autorenporträt

Zygmunt Bauman (1925-2017) was Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Leeds, UK. His books have become international bestsellers and have been translated into more than 30 languages. David Lyon is Professor of Sociology at Queen's University, Canada. His previous publications include Identifying Citizens: ID Cards as Surveillance (2009) and Surveillance Studies: An Overview (2007).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and acknowledgements vi Introduction 1 David Lyon 1 Drones and
social media 18 2 Liquid surveillance as post- panoptic 52 3 Remoteness,
distancing and automation 76 4 In/security and surveillance 100 5
Consumerism, new media and social sorting 121 6 Probing surveillance
ethically 132 7 Agency and hope 142 Notes 159 Index 172

Rezensionen

"A brilliant analysis of what it means to be watched and to be watching today." -- Ethical Perspectives