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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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Takes a post-privacy approach to surveillance with a fresh look at the relations between technology and society. This book gives an overview of current research on and developments in surveillance, including closed circuit TV and biometrics, illustrated by empirical examples. schovat popis

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The study of surveillance is more relevant than ever before. The fast growth of the field of surveillance studies reflects both the urgency of civil liberties and privacy questions in the war on terror era and the classical social science debates over the power of watching and classification, from Bentham to Foucault and beyond.