Theorizing Surveillance The Panopticon And Beyond

This book is about explaining surveillance processes and practices in contemporary society. This book brings together some of the world¿s leading surveillance scholars to discuss the ¿why¿ question. The field has been dominated, since the groundbreaking work of Michel Foucault, by the idea of the panopticon and this book explores why this metaphor has been central to discussions of surveillance, what is fruitful in the panoptic approach, and what other possible approaches can throw better light on the phenomena in question.Lyon, David is the author of 'Theorizing Surveillance The Panopticon And Beyond', published 2006 under ISBN 9781843921929 and ISBN 1843921928.