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Naked Crowd Reclaiming Security and Freedom in an Anxious Age

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ISBN-10: 0375759859

ISBN-13: 9780375759857

Edition: N/A

Authors: Jeffrey Rosen

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In The Naked Crowd, acclaimed author Jeffrey Rosen makes an impassioned argument about how to preserve freedom, privacy, and security in a post-9/11 world. How we use emerging technologies, he insists, will be crucial to the preservation of essential American ideals. In our zeal to catch terrorists and prevent future catastrophic events, we are going too far—largely because of irrational fears—and violating essential American freedoms. That’s the contention at the center of this persuasive new polemic by Jeffrey Rosen, legal affairs editor of The New Republic, which builds on his award-winning book The Unwanted Gaze. Through wide-ranging reportage and cultural analysis, Rosen argues…    
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Book details

List price: $19.00
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 1/11/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.15" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.726
Language: English

Jeffrey Rosenis a professor of law at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He also serves as legal editor for the New Republic and is the author of several books, including The Supreme Court: The Personalities and Rivalries that Defined America(Times Books, 2007) and The Naked Crowd: Reclaiming Security and Freedom in an Anxious Age(Random House, 2005). Benjamin Wittesis a senior fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution and served nine years as an editorial writer with the Washington Post. His previous books include Detention and Denial: The Case for Candor after Guant�namo(Brookings, 2010) and Law and the Long War: The Future of Justice in the Age of…    

Prologue: The Naked Crowd
A Cautionary Table
The Psychology of Fear
The Silver Bullet
The Path of the Law
Identity Crisis
Epilogue: An Escape from Fear
Acknowledgements
Notes
Index