Governing through biometrics : the biopolitics of identity /
Ajana, B.author.
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.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-223) and index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1 Biometrics: The Remediation of Measure ; 2 Homo Carded: Exception and Identity Systems ; 3 Recombinant Identities: Biometrics and Narrative Bioethics ; 4 Identity Securitisation and Biometric Citizenship ; 5 Rethinking Community and the Political through Being-with ; Conclusion
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.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on July 24, 2020)
Political sociology.
Social justice.
Migration.
Politics and war.
Criminology.
Human body-Social aspects.
Biometric identification
Biometric identification
Biometric identification
Political Sociology.
Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights.
Migration.
Military and Defence Studies.
Criminology and Criminal Justice, general.
Sociology of the Body.