Eavesdropping : An Intimate History
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0199236135
ISBN-13
9780199236138
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Imprint
Oxford University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 24th, 2010
Print length
278 Pages
Weight
554 grams
Dimensions
24.20 x 16.20 x 2.00 cms
Product Classification:
SociolinguisticsPsycholinguisticsCommunication studiesAnthropology
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Eavesdropping is a form of human communication in which the information gained is stolen. It encompasses cheating to get unfair advantage, espionage to uncover secrets, and supervision to maintain power. John Locke considers the biological drive behind this behaviour as well as its social implications and consequences across history and cultures.
Why we can''t resist listening in on our neighboursEavesdropping has a bad name. It is a form of human communication in which the information gained is stolen, and where such words as cheating and spying come into play. But eavesdropping may also be an attempt to understand what goes on in the lives of others so as to know better how to live one''s own. John Locke''s entertaining and disturbing account explores everything from sixteenth-century voyeurism to Hitchcock''s ''Rear Window''; from chimpanzee behaviour to Parisian café society; from private eyes to Facebook and Twitter. He uncovers the biological drive behind the behaviour, and its consequences across history and cultures. In the age of CCTV, phone tapping, and computer hacking, this is uncomfortably important reading.
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