Privacies
Philosophical Evaluations

Beate Rössler (Edited by)

9780804745642

Paperback / softback, published 18 February 2004

256 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm, 0.345 kg

"This diverse and wide-ranging collection, edited by Beate Rossler, interrogates the notion of privacy from various perspectives—e.g., law, feminist theory and literary theory—while drawing simultaneously on the intellectual traditions of Habermas, Foucault, Hegel and Kant, among others."—The Law and Politics Book Review

This ambitious, interdisciplinary collection responds to present intellectual debates concerning the value and limits of privacy. Ever since the beginning of modernity, the line of demarcation between private and public spaces, and the distinction between them, have continually been challenged and redrawn. Such developments as new technologies that introduce previously unforeseen possibilities for infringement upon privacy and the modern spectacles of television talk shows and "reality-TV" give added urgency to the discussion on privacy. This collection examines the fundamental issues structuring that debate.