Overview

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.

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Author:   Joseph Pugliese (Macquarie University, Australia)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Volume:   v. 12
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.520kg
ISBN:  

9780415874878

ISBN 10:   0415874874
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   20 July 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Introduction: Biopolitics of Biometrics 1. A Genealogy of Biometric Technologies 2. The Biometrics of Infrastructural Whiteness 3. ""Identity Dominance"": Biometrics, Biosurveillance, Terrorism and War 4. Identity Fraud and Imposture: Biometrics, the Metaphysics of Presence and the Alleged Liveness of the ""Live"" Evidentiary Body 5. Neurotechnologies of Truth: Brain Fingerprinting’s Neurognomics and No Lie MRI’s Digital Phrenology. Epilogue."

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Joseph Pugliese is Associate Professor in the Department of Critical and Cultural Studies at Macquarie University.

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