Biometrics Bodies, Technologies, Biopolitics |
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| Author:
| Pugliese, Joseph |
| Series title: | Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-136-95516-7 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2012 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $49.95 |
Book Description:
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Biometric technologies, such as finger- or facial-scan, are being deployed across a variety of social contexts in order to facilitate and guarantee identity verification and authentication. In the post-9/11 world, biometric technologies have experienced an extraordinary period of growth as concerns about security and screening have increased. This book analyses biometric systems in terms of the application of biopolitical power - corporate, military and governmental - on the human...
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Biometric technologies, such as finger- or facial-scan, are being deployed across a variety of social contexts in order to facilitate and guarantee identity verification and authentication. In the post-9/11 world, biometric technologies have experienced an extraordinary period of growth as concerns about security and screening have increased. This book analyses biometric systems in terms of the application of biopolitical power - corporate, military and governmental - on the human body. It deploys cultural theory in examining the manner in which biometric technologies constitute the body as a target of surveillance and as a data-information object. The book thereby provides a comprehensive overview and critical analysis of both the local and global ramifications of biometric technologies.