The Value of Privacy - Couverture souple

Rössler, Beate

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0745631118 ISBN 13 : 9780745631110

Editeur : Polity, 2004

Synopsis

This new book by Beate Rossler is a work of real quality and originality on an extremely topical issue: the issue of privacy and the relations between the private and the public.





Rossler investigates the reasons why we value privacy and why we ought to value it. In the context of modern, liberal societies, Rossler develops a theory of the private which links privacy and autonomy in a constitutive way: privacy is a necessary condition to lead an autonomous life. The book develops a theory of freedom and autonomy which sees the ability to pose the "practical question" of how one wants to live, of what a person strives to be, at the centre of the modern idea of autonomy.





The question of privacy is emerging as an increasingly important topic in social and political theory and is central to many current debates in law, the media and politics. The Value of Privacy will be widely recognised to be a classic contribution to the subject.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Beate Rössler is Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Amsterdam.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Polity
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0745631118
• ISBN 13: 9780745631110
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 280
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible