The Watchman in Pieces: Surveillance, Literature, and Liberal Personhood - Couverture rigide

Rosen, David; Santesso, Aaron

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0300155417 ISBN 13 : 9780300155419

Editeur : Yale University Press, 2013

Synopsis

Spanning nearly 500 years of cultural and social history, this book examines the ways that literature and surveillance have developed together, as kindred modern practices. As ideas about personhood--what constitutes a self--have changed over time, so too have ideas about how to represent, shape, or invade the self. The authors show that, since the Renaissance, changes in observation strategies have driven innovations in literature; literature, in turn, has provided a laboratory and forum for the way we think about surveillance and privacy. Ultimately, they contend that the habits of mind cultivated by literature make rational and self-aware participation in contemporary surveillance environments possible. In a society increasingly dominated by interlocking surveillance systems, these habits of mind are consequently necessary for fully realized liberal citizenship.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

David Rosen is associate professor of English at Trinity College, and Aaron Santesso is associate professor of Literature at Georgia Tech.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Yale University Press
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0300155417
• ISBN 13: 9780300155419
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 376
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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