Biometrics: bodies, technologies, biopolitics
Auteur :
Pugliese, Joseph
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9780415874878
Date de publication :
20 juil. 2010
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
520 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.