Biometrics
eBook - ePub

Biometrics

Bodies, Technologies, Biopolitics

  1. 192 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Biometrics

Bodies, Technologies, Biopolitics

About this book

Biometric technologies, such as finger- or facial-scan, are being deployed across a variety of social contexts in order to facilitate and guarantee identity verification and authentication. In the post-9/11 world, biometric technologies have experienced an extraordinary period of growth as concerns about security and screening have increased. This book analyses biometric systems in terms of the application of biopolitical power ā€“ corporate, military and governmental ā€“ on the human body. It deploys cultural theory in examining the manner in which biometric technologies constitute the body as a target of surveillance and as a data-information object. The book thereby provides a comprehensive overview and critical analysis of both the local and global ramifications of biometric technologies.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Halftitle
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. List of Figures
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Introduction: Biopolitics of Biometrics
  10. 1 A Genealogy of Biometric Technologies
  11. 2 The Biometrics of Infrastructural Whiteness
  12. 3 ā€œIdentity Dominanceā€: Biometrics, Biosurveillance, Terrorism and War
  13. 4 Identity Fraud and Imposture: Biometrics, the Metaphysics of Presence and the Alleged Liveness of the ā€œLiveā€ Evidentiary Body
  14. 5 Neurotechnologies of Truth: Brain Fingerprintingā€™s Neurognomics and No Lie MRIā€™s Digital Phrenology
  15. Epilogue: Biometricsā€™ Infrastructrual Normativities and the Biopolitics of Somatic Singularities
  16. References
  17. Index