Biometrics: Bodies, Technologies, Biopolitics

Biometrics: Bodies, Technologies, Biopolitics Pugliese Joseph (Macquarie University Australia) Wydawca: Taylor & Francis Ltd Data wydania: 2012 ISBN: 9780415811040 Liczba stron: 192 Format: 229 x 152 Rodzaj oprawy: Paperback / softback Opis produktu: 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. This book critically analyses these technologies in terms of the application of biopolitical power - corporate, military and governmental - on the human body.