{"product_id":"privacy-a-manifesto-hardcover","title":"Privacy: A Manifesto - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWolfgang Sofsky\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat ever happened to privacy? The simple right to be left alone? Surveillance cameras track our movements. Governments monitor our phone calls, e-mails, and Internet habits. Insurance companies know what drugs we take. Banks and credit agencies keep tabs on our smallest purchases. And new technologies--which gather, store, and share information as never before--have made all of this possible. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But, as the acclaimed social thinker Wolfgang Sofsky shows in this brief and powerful defense of privacy, neither technology nor fears of terrorism deserve all the blame. Rather, through indifference and the desire for attention, we have been accomplices in the loss of our privacy. When we aren't resigning ourselves to privacy's disappearance as the inevitable price of living in a new age, we are eagerly embracing opportunities to divulge personal information to people we know--and, increasingly, to people we don't. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Dramatically demonstrating how much privacy we have already surrendered, Sofsky describes a day in the life of an average modern citizen--in other words, a person under almost constant scrutiny. He also briefly traces the changing status of privacy from ancient Rome to today, explains how liberty and freedom of thought depend on privacy, and points to some of the places where privacy is under greatest threat, from health to personal space. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePrivacy\u003c\/i\u003e is a timely and compelling reminder of just how important privacy is--and just how devastating its loss would be.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Writing in a readable and fluid style, Wolfgang Sofsky shows just how important privacy is to modern life and, at the same time, just how endangered privacy has become. A reminder that to defend privacy is to defend democracy, individualism, and the good life, this book will interest anyone who has ever felt uneasy about how much governments and corporations know about us.\"\u003cb\u003e--Hans-Peter Müller, Humboldt University, Berlin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWolfgang Sofsky\u003c\/b\u003e's books include \u003ci\u003eViolence: Terrorism, Genocide, War\u003c\/i\u003e (Granta) and \u003ci\u003eThe Order of Terror: The Concentration Camp\u003c\/i\u003e (Princeton).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 152\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 28, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756979257632,"sku":"9780691136721","price":35.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1c5fe6ce34d0e226bc3754992a00633c.webp?v=1780090818","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/privacy-a-manifesto-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}