Aryana Libris

Author : Monahan Torin
Title : Surveillance and security Technological politics and power in everyday life
Year : 2006

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Preface. he desire for security permeates modern life. in a world perceived as increasingly unstable and insecure, surveillance has become a key mechanism for contending with threats of terrorism and crime. But just what is being secured by modern surveillance technologies? Beyond the literal and igurative borderlands are multiple territories of social life, which are being transigured by new technologies of identiication, monitoring, tracking, and control. recognizing the inherent politics of technologies, or their capacity to generate power relations and possibilities, renders these other worlds of surveillance and security both visible and analytically important. he chapters in this book probe the everyday practices of surveillance in this way. hey ind that what is being secured are social relations, institutional structures, and cultural dispositions that—more oten than not—aggravate existing social inequalities and establish rationales for increased, invasive surveillance of marginalized groups. Some of the newly secured (and largely hidden) territories include cultures of fear, gender inequalities, diferential mobilities, vast industry proits, and states of legal exception. also secured are practices of micropolicing the poor, dismantling the welfare state, spying on citizens, and interrogating enemies. it is important to note that many of these operations occur under the rubric of national and international security, recasting any opposition to these emergent systems as suspect and possibly terrorist. against this backdrop, this book shits the focus and the debate on surveillance and security. ...