Revealing Privacy

Margherita Carucci

ISBN 10: 3631621280 / ISBN 13: 9783631621288

Published by Peter Lang, Peter Lang Nov 2012, 2012

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Neuware -This volume explores and discusses how privacy is understood today. What is privacy What strategies are used to achieve or to protect the individual¿s privacy How are our conceptions of privacy evolved throughout times and cultures Given the multidimensional character of privacy, the book analyses the variety and complexity of its meanings by adopting a cross-disciplinary position. The contributions collected here approach the topic from a multiplicity of perspectives and with the support of modern critical theories in sociology, anthropology, philosophy, visual art, and media. In discussing the main questions raised by the privacy issue, the essays reveal the multifaceted aspects of human experience, which cannot be easily explored within a single framework for interpretation. This book gives the reader the opportunity to explore some of these aspects and to learn more about privacy ¿ how important it is to us and how much we will miss it if it is neglected ¿ and ultimately more about ourselves. 154 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Revealing Privacy
• Publisher: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Nov 2012
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3631621280
• ISBN 13: 9783631621288
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 210W x 148H x 9D millimeters 210 millimeters width by 148 millimeters height by 9 millimeters depth
• Weight: 209 grams

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Synopsis

This volume explores and discusses how privacy is understood today. What is privacy? What strategies are used to achieve or to protect the individual’s privacy? How are our conceptions of privacy evolved throughout times and cultures? Given the multidimensional character of privacy, the book analyses the variety and complexity of its meanings by adopting a cross-disciplinary position. The contributions collected here approach the topic from a multiplicity of perspectives and with the support of modern critical theories in sociology, anthropology, philosophy, visual art, and media. In discussing the main questions raised by the privacy issue, the essays reveal the multifaceted aspects of human experience, which cannot be easily explored within a single framework for interpretation. This book gives the reader the opportunity to explore some of these aspects and to learn more about privacy – how important it is to us and how much we will miss it if it is neglected – and ultimately more about ourselves.

About the Author

Margherita Carucci was a Research Fellow at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies (Finland). She has published a book on the houses of Roman Africa along with a number of articles on Graeco-Roman society, with particular focus on social and cultural history. Her current specific interest is on domestic experience in Roman society that she explores with the support of modern critical theories in sociology, anthropology, media, and art history.