The Naked Society
by Vance Packard
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"Originally published in 1964, The Naked Society was the first book to discuss how then-new technologies such as hidden microphones, concealed cameras, modern filing systems, and the polygraph lie detector could be used by government, employers, stores, credit bureaus, security personnel, and other officials to invade our civil liberties. Such activity, which represented the most flagrant of the many assaults upon individual rights, was only part of Vance Packard's truly shocking book, which show more also considered the ominous implications of loyalty investigations, passport and travel restrictions, and overzealous police actions. In the end, according to Packard, new technologies, manipulated by government and business, were eroding our freedoms, creating a world akin to something out of George Orwell's 1984.Timelier than ever in today's world, where our civil liberties are under constant threat from technology and the actions of government and business, this all new edition of The Naked Society features an introduction by noted historian Rick Perlstein. "-- show lessTags
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this was a landmark book dealing with that nebulous term "Privacy" in the face of the technological advances made in the fields of information gathering, and most particularly in the area of advertising. By the standards of the current millennium, that is a long dead horse. Still, we have here a good source of epigraphs for modern essays on this topic. It has had a number of reprints.
Dated, but still significant, study of how the modern world was reducing personal privacy.
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Cardinal Editions [Pocket Books] (75083)
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- Canonical title*
- La società nuda
- Original title
- The naked society
- Original publication date
- 1964
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- Genres
- Sociology, Nonfiction, Politics and Government
- DDC/MDS
- 323.4 — Society, Government, and Culture Political science Civil Rights & Liberties/ Human Rights The state and the individual
- LCC
- JC599 .U5 .P36 — Political Science Political theory Political theory. The state. Theories of the state Purpose, functions, and relations of the state
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- 151
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- 216,186
- Reviews
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- (3.17)
- Languages
- English, German, Italian
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 8
- ASINs
- 10
