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All Ears: The Aesthetics of Espionage

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Description for All Ears: The Aesthetics of Espionage Paperback. An archeology of auditory surveillance combined with an analysis of representations of spying in works of literature, music, and film that provide philosophical reflections on the drives that animate listening: the drive for mastery and the death drive. Translator(s): Vegso, Roland. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; JFD; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 21. Weight in Grams: 222.

The world of international politics has recently been rocked by a seemingly endless series of scandals involving auditory surveillance: the NSA’s warrantless wiretapping is merely the most sensational example of what appears to be a universal practice today. What is the source of this generalized principle of eavesdropping?
All Ears: The Aesthetics of Espionage traces the long history of moles from the Bible, through Jeremy Bentham’s “panacoustic” project, all the way to the intelligence-gathering network called “Echelon.” Together with this archeology of auditory surveillance, Szendy offers an engaging account of spycraft’s representations in literature (Sophocles, Shakespeare, Joyce, Kafka, Borges), ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780823273966
SKU
V9780823273966
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About Peter Szendy
Peter Szendy is David Herlihy Professor of Humanities and Comparative Literature at Brown University and musicological advisor for the concert programs at the Paris Philharmonie. His books include Of Stigmatology: Punctuation as Experience; All Ears: The Aesthetics of Espionage; Apocalypse-Cinema: 2012 and Other Ends of the World; Kant in the Land of Extraterrestrials; Hits: Philosophy in the Jukebox; and Listen: ... Read more

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