Law, Surveillance and the Humanities : : Law, Surveillance and the Humanities / / ed. by Anne Brunon Ernst.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 English
• MitwirkendeR: Banita, Georgiana,; Brunon-Ernst, Anne,; Cluzel-Métayer, Lucie,; Gligorijević, Jelena,; Grabosky, Peter,; Joy, Rachel,; Manderson, Desmond,; Poullet, Yves,; Rogez, Yvonne-Marie,; Sabot, Philippe,; Tadié, Alexis,; Urbas, Gregor,; Ventéjoux, Aliette,; Wrobel, Claire,
• HerausgeberIn: Brunon Ernst, Anne,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.) :; 7 B/W illustrations 1 B/W tables 7 B&W illustrations

What do Margaret Atwood or Gulliver’s Travels have to do with Facebook, Tik Tok or COVID-19 and issues of surveillance?Covers a range of topical issues ranging from the security state and the power of tech industries, to COVID-19 and the role of surveillance in the experience of indigenous peoples in post-colonial societiesCompares legal frameworks and offers an overview of surveillance in France, the UK, US, Canada and AustraliaDraws on a range of resources including literary texts, such as Jonathan Raban’s Surveillance, Margaret Atwood's Bodily Harm and The Testaments and Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s TravelsExamines the key concepts involved in surveillance studies, including surveillance itself, privacy, identity, trust, consent, agency and securityThe growing sophistication of surveillance practices has given rise to concerns and discussions in the public sphere, but has also provided a popular theme in literature, film and the arts. Bringing together contributors across literary studies, law, philosophy, sociology, and politics, this book examines the use, evolution, legitimacy, and implications of surveillance.Drawing on a range of resources including literary texts, chapters explore key issues such as the use and legitimacy of surveillance to address a global health crisis, the role of surveillance in the experience of indigenous peoples in post-colonial societies, how surveillance interacts with gender race, ethnicity, and social class, and the interaction between technology, surveillance, and changing attitudes to expression. It shows how literature contributes innovative ways of thinking about the challenges posed by surveillance, how philosophy and sociology can help to correct biases and law and politics can offer new approaches to the legitimacy, use and implications of surveillance.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Contributors -- 1 Introduction: Watcher, Watching, Watched -- Part 1 Foundations -- 2 Surveillance and its Ambiguities -- 3 Surveillance, Utopia and Satire in Eighteenth- Century British Literature -- 4 Digital Technology during Times of Crisis: Risks to Society and Fundamental Rights -- 5 Privacy as Liberty and Security: Implications for the Legitimacy of Governmental Surveillance -- Part 2 Spaces -- 6 Panopticon as a Surveillance Model -- 7 Online Undercover Investigations and the Role of Private Third Parties -- 8 Space and Surveillance in Jonathan Raban’s Novel Surveillance (2006) -- 9 Safe Cities: The French Experience -- Part 3 Critique -- 10 Black Futures Matter: Racial Foresight from the Slave Ship to Predictive Policing -- 11 Fear of the Dark: The Racialised Surveillance of Indigenous Peoples in Australia -- 12 Policing and Surveillance of the Margins: The Challenges of Homelessness in California -- 13 Gender and Surveillance in Margaret Atwood’s Novels, from Bodily Harm (1981) to The Testaments (2019) -- Index