individualism

politics

surveillance

is an understanding of human freedom whereby a completely irrational consumption conforms to a completely rationalized production.

Individualism is an understanding of human freedom at home in a 'modern economy,' in which 'a completely irrational consumption conforms to a totally' rationalized production. A marvelously rational mechanism serves one or another demand, always with the same earnestness and precision, be it for a silk purse or poison gas or anything whatsoever.'(n28) (Norris 1998: .pdf)

is concerned with the political status of an organized people in an enclosed territorial unit.

the political status of an organized people in an enclosed territorial unit.'(n17) (norris 1998 .pdf)

is an instrument of control primarily directed toward groups traditionally equipped with limited resources. Thus, it is argued that surveillance should be analyzed as a matter of social sorting rather than as a menace that affects all people equally in the same way.

Privacy ignores the fact that sureveillance is an instrument of control primarily directed toward groups traditionally equipped with limited resources. Thus, it is argued that surveillance should be analyzed as a matter of social sorting (Norris and Armstrong 1999... Lyon 2003, Gandy 2006) rather than as a menace that affects all people equally in the same way.

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