Description
Book SynopsisTackling one of today's most timely issues from a broad, humanistic perspective, this book explores the emotional, ethical, and aesthetic challenges of living under constant surveillance in post-9/11 American society.
Trade ReviewLewis can write perceptively and with power, as in an autobiographical section reflecting on the social surveillance of his hardscrabble 1970s suburban childhood...Will appeal to sociologists and students of cultural studies and behaviors. * Kirkus *
[T]his book contributes a clear formulation of key issues at stake while reminding us that technological advances unaccompanied by critical reflection and public discussion risk what Thoreau—one of Lewis’s political and philosophical touchstones—called 'but improved means to an unimproved end.' * Publishers Weekly *
[An] accessible, ruminative, anxiety-ridden new book on American surveillance culture. * Texas Observer *
Under Surveillance takes a compelling, and very chilling, look at the changes in our culture since 9/11 . . . Lewis examines the issue from a multiplicity of angles, all of which are worth giving deeper thought. * Mandatory *
[A] warmly conversational treatment that is also searching and literate. * Survival *
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Feeling Surveillance
- 2. Welcome to the Funopticon
- 3. Growing up Observed
- 4. Watching Walden
- 5. A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
- 6. The Business of Insecurity
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
