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V současnosti jsou i ty nejmenší detaily našich běžných životů sledovány a stopovány bedlivěji než kdy dříve a lidé často dobrovolně napomáhají této kontrole. Od Londýna a New Yorku po Nové Dillí, Šanghaj a Rio de Janairo jsou běžné kamery ve veřejných prostorech. Na letištích se po 11. září rozříšily tělesné a biometrické skenery. Google a vydavatelé kreditních karet neustále zaznamenávají naše návyky, zájmy a preference, na něž reagují marketingovou strategií ušitou na míru konkrétnímu zákazníkovi, a to s naší aktivní, ba horlivou účastí. Analýza dohledu v podání Davida Lyona se v této knize setkává s tekutým moderním světem, který tak pronikavým způsobem rozebral Zygmunt Bauman. Očekává nás bezútěšná budoucnost neustálého monitorování, nebo ještě existují prostory svobody a naděje? Jak naplníme svou zodpovědnost za lidi kolem nás, kteří se často ztrácejí v rozborech dat a v kategorizacích? Tato kniha, která se zabývá otázkami moci, technologie a morálky, nabízí brilantní analýzu toho, co dnes znamená sledovat a být sledován.

Tato živě napsaná a srozumitelná studie zkoumá vztah mezi náboženstvím a postmodernitou. Na Západě ztratilo mnoho náboženských institucí na společenském významu, ale to, co autor nazývá náboženským panstvím včetně víry a spirituality rozkvétá v nesčetných podobách. Lyon postupně zkoumá různé náboženské a pseudonáboženské projevy a jejich vztah k otázkám identity, kyberkultuře, spotřebitelské kultuře a dnešním společenským teoriím. Poukazuje na vztah mezi náboženstvím a postmodernitou ve světě, kde se svaté války vedou v kyberprostoru a kde náboženství New Age odrážejí současnou potřebu nalezení sebe sama. Kniha může roznítit živou diskusi mezi těmi, kdo se zajímají o komplexní vztah mezi náboženským přesvědčením a populární kulturou.

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Boston's rich history is highlighted through its impressive collection of National Historic Landmarks, more per square mile than any other major U.S. city. With 57 designated sites, the landmarks range from the nation's oldest subway tunnel to a floating lighthouse, showcasing the city's diverse heritage. Notable locations include an historic church featuring Tiffany windows, a Transcendentalist community, and the studio of famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted. These sites embody the essence of U.S. heritage, inviting future generations to appreciate their significance.

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted life as we knew it. Lockdowns, self-isolation and quarantine have become a normal part of everyday life. Pandemic surveillance allows governments and corporations to monitor and surveil the spread of the virus and to make sure citizens follow the measures they put in place. This is evident in the massive, unprecedented mobilization of public health data to contain and combat the virus, and the ballooning of surveillance technologies such as contact-tracing apps, facial recognition, and population tracking. This can also be seen as a pandemic of surveillance. In this timely book, David Lyon tracks the development of these methods, examining different forms of pandemic surveillance, in health-related and other areas, from countries around the world. He explores their benefits and disadvantages, their legal status, and how they relate to privacy protection, an ethics of care, and data justice. Questioning whether this new culture of surveillance will become a permanent feature of post-pandemic societies and the long-term negative effects this might have on social inequalities and human freedoms, Pandemic Surveillance highlights the magnitude of COVID-19-related surveillance expansion. The book also underscores the urgent need for new policies relating to surveillance and data justice in the twenty-first century.

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