Synopses & Reviews
Modern Privacies addresses emergent transformations of privacy in western societies from a multidisciplinary and international perspective. It examines social and cultural trends in new media, feminism, law, work and intimacy which indicate that our perceptions, evaluations and enactments of privacy in constant flux.
About the Author
HARRY BLATTERER is Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Macquarie University, Australia. He is author of
Coming of Age in Times of Uncertainty.
PAULINE JOHNSON is Associate Professor of Sociology at Macquarie University, Australia. She has published widely in feminist theory and on the work of Jürgen Habermas. Her major publications include Jürgen Habermas: Rescuing the Public Sphere. She is co-editor of Culture and Enlightenment: Essays for Gyorgy Markus.
MARIA R. MARKUS is Visiting Scholar in the School of Social Sciences and International Studies, University of New South Wales, Australia. She is the author and co-author of several books and has published over 60 papers in various volumes and scholarly journals.
Table of Contents
Introduction;
H.Blatterer, P.Johnson &
M.R.MarkusPrivacy, Secrecy, Intimacy, Human Bonds, Utopia - and Other Collateral Casualties of Liquid Modernity; Z.Bauman
When Privacy Goes Public: New Media and the Transformation of the Culture of Confession; G.Burkart
Images of Intimacy in Feminist Discussions over Private/Public Boundaries; P.Johnson
Privacy and Law; A.Glass
Social Networking, Privacy and the Pursuit of Visibility; H.Blatterer
Can Solitude be Recaptured for the Sake of Intimacy?; M.R.Markus
The Erotic Imaginary, Autonomy and Modernity; J.Rundell
Whats Wrong with Therapy Culture?; P.Johnson
Privacy and Work; N.Ebert
Narcissism and the Emergence of the Network Society; E.Zaretsky
Conclusion: Futures of Modern Privacies; H.Blatterer, P.Johnson & M.R.Markus