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Governing through Biometrics

The Biopolitics of Identity

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. Introduction

    • Btihaj Ajana
    Pages 1-20
  3. Biometrics: The Remediation of Measure

    • Btihaj Ajana
    Pages 21-46
  4. Conclusion

    • Btihaj Ajana
    Pages 189-198
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 199-238

About this book

Managing identity through biometric technology has become a routine and ubiquitous practice in recent years. This book interrogates what is at stake in the merging of the body and technology for surveillance and securitization purposes drawing on a number of critical theories and philosophies.

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"This book breaks new ground and can inform any researcher or student who wishes to pursue biometrics in more detail. It is a book that is suggestive of the need for us to act quickly so that we might see the intensification of biometric processes and understand them in terms of their broader social implications for identity, citizenship and community." - Information, Communciation and Society

Authors and Affiliations

  • King’s College London, UK

    Btihaj Ajana

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Btihaj Ajana is Lecturer in Culture, Digital Humanities and Creative Industries at King's College London, UK.

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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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