Privacy / Garret Keizer.
By: Keizer, Garret
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TextSeries: Big ideas/small books: Publisher: New York : Picador, 2012Edition: 1st ed.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-183) and index.Description: ix, 194 p. ; 19 cm.ISBN: 9780312554842 (pbk.); 0312554842 (pbk.).Subject(s): PrivacyDDC classification: 302/.14 Summary: "Body scans at the airport, candid pics on Facebook, a Twitter account for your stray thoughts, and a surveillance camera on every street corner--today we have an audience for all of the extraordinary and banal events of our lives. The threshold between privacy and exposure becomes more permeable by the minute. But what happens to our private selves when we cannot escape scrutiny, and to our public personas when they pass from our control? The author considers the moral dimensions of privacy in relation to issues of social justice, economic inequality, and the increasing commoditization of the global marketplace.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 302.14 K269 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003137072 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-183) and index.
"Body scans at the airport, candid pics on Facebook, a Twitter account for your stray thoughts, and a surveillance camera on every street corner--today we have an audience for all of the extraordinary and banal events of our lives. The threshold between privacy and exposure becomes more permeable by the minute. But what happens to our private selves when we cannot escape scrutiny, and to our public personas when they pass from our control? The author considers the moral dimensions of privacy in relation to issues of social justice, economic inequality, and the increasing commoditization of the global marketplace.
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