نظارت و هویت: گفتمان، سوژه‌گرایی و دولت

"Surveillance and Identity" analyses the discourse of surveillance in the contemporary United Kingdom, drawing upon public language from central government, governmental agencies, activist movements, and from finance and banking. Examining the logics of these discourses and revealing the manner in which they construct problems of governance in the light of the insecurity of identity, this book shows how identity is fundamentally linked to surveillance, as governmental discourses privilege surveillance as a response to social problems. In drawing links between new technologies and national surveillance projects or concerns surrounding phenomena such as identity fraud, "Surveillance and Identity" presents a new understanding of identity - the model of 'surveillance identity' - demonstrating that this is often applied to individuals by powerful organisations at the same time as the concept is being actively contested in public language. The first comprehensive study of the discursive politics of surveillance in the UK, this book makes significant contributions to surveillance theory, governmentality theory, and to political and social identity theories. As such, it will be of interest to social scientists of all kinds working on questions of public discourse and political communication, identity, surveillance and the relationship between the individual and the state. Surveillance and Identity analyses the discourse of surveillance in the contemporary United Kingdom, drawing upon public language from central government, governmental agencies, activist movements, finance and banking and the news media. Examining the logics of these discourses and revealing the manner in which they construct problems of governance in the light of the insecurity of identity, this book shows how identity is fundamentally linked to surveillance, as governmental discourses privilege surveillance as a response to social problems Cover 1 Contents 6 Preface and Acknowledgements 8 1 Introduction 10 2 Surveillance, Governmentality, Identity and Discourse 20 3 Discourse Theory and Analysis 70 4 Representation of Surveillance Practices 104 5 Subjectivity and Subject Positions in Discourses of Surveillance 136 6 Identity in Discourses of Surveillance 154 7 Conclusions and Implications 174 Bibliography 200 Index 218 Introduction Surveillance, identity, discourse and governmentality Discourse theory and analysis Representation of surveillance practices Subjectivity and subject positions in discourses of surveillance Identity in discourses of surveillance Conclusions and implications.