Governing through Biometrics von B. Ajana | The Biopolitics of Identity | ISBN 9780230321618

Governing through Biometrics

The Biopolitics of Identity

von B. Ajana
Buchcover Governing through Biometrics | B. Ajana | EAN 9780230321618 | ISBN 0-230-32161-5 | ISBN 978-0-230-32161-8

„This book breaks new ground and can inform any researcher or student who wishes to pursue biometrics in more detail. It is a book that is suggestive of the need for us to act quickly so that we might see the intensification of biometric processes and understand them in terms of their broader social implications for identity, citizenship and community.“ - Information, Communciation and Society

Governing through Biometrics

The Biopolitics of Identity

von B. Ajana
Managing identity through biometric technology has become a routine and ubiquitous practice in recent years. This book interrogates what is at stake in the merging of the body and technology for surveillance and securitization purposes drawing on a number of critical theories and philosophies.