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The Unwanted Gaze: The Destruction of Privacy in America
by Jeffrey Rosen
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ISBN13: 9780679765202 |
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Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments:
The Unwanted Gaze is an important book about one of the most pressing issues of our day: how changes in technology and the law have combined to demolish our rights of privacy, and what we can and must do to re-secure them.
In a world in which Ken Starr can subpoena Monica Lewinsky's bookstore receipts and deleted e-mail messages can be used as justification for firing employees, it's clear that private information of all kinds can be taken out of context and wielded against us. Where exactly did our constitutional guarantees on privacy go? In superbly lucid prose, Jeffrey Rosen tells not only where those privacy rights went but also how we can get them back. The Unwanted Gaze is utterly indispensable for anyone who cares about the future of his or her private life.
Review:
"This remarkably rich and detailed book sharpens our understanding of a problem that most of us prefer not to think about." Alex Kozinski, The New York Times Book Review,
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"Brilliant and haunting...a pleasure to read." The Washington Post Book World
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"Rosen makes a complex subject fascinating by showing us how vulnerable we all are. His message: Pay attention. It could happen to you." The Denver Post
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"This remarkably rich and detailed book sharpens our understanding of a problem that most of us prefer not to think about." The New York Times Book Review
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"Using John Stuart Mill as his model, Rosen mounts a strong argument that citizens of the U.S. have had their right to privacy eroded over time, and never more so than in the recent past. He cites examples from English law and from American decisions to show how high the standards of privacy once were in different areas such as home and work, and how lawyers and the courts have whittled away at those standards. He also offers chilling accounts of the loss of privacy as a result of the new technology. The most famous recent case he cites is that of Monica Lewinsky's entire hard drive being subpoenaed (by Ken Starr) as a result of the Paula Jones sexual harassment suit against President Clinton – which Rosen claims was itself more of a privacy issue than harassment....a thoughtful book – and timely..." Frank Caso, Booklist
Synopsis:
A legal-affairs analyst for "The New Republic" explores the legal, technological, and cultural changes associated with the gradual erosion of privacy rights for Americans and proposes ways of countering the invasion of privacy. This paperback edition includes a new Afterword.
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780679765202
- Subtitle:
- The Destruction of Privacy in America
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Vintage Books USA
- Location:
- New York
- Subject:
- Law
- Subject:
- Constitutional
- Subject:
- Computer security
- Subject:
- Privacy, right of
- Subject:
- Data protection
- Copyright:
- 2001
- Edition Description:
- 1st Vintage Books ed.
- Series:
- Vintage
- Series Volume:
- MCR 31F
- Publication Date:
- June 2001
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Language:
- English
- Pages:
- 304
- Dimensions:
- 7.94x5.34x.65 in. .55 lbs.
