Unwanted Gaze The Destruction of Privacy in America

"Perhaps the book's most valuable contribution is Rosen's impassioned defense of privacy. Privacy, he argues, helps to protect us from being judged "out of context" that is, from having an isolated bit of personal information exposed to the world, so that it becomes our defining characteristic in other people's eyes. Privacy, moreover, helps us to develop close personal relationships and to be creative without fear that our confidential disclosures will be held against us. In a culture of transparency and fleeting attention spans, Rosen observes, "privacy is a form of opacity, and opacity has its values. We need more shades and more blinds and more virtual curtains."Rosen, Jeffrey is the author of 'Unwanted Gaze The Destruction of Privacy in America', published 2001 under ISBN 9780679765202 and ISBN 0679765204.