{"product_id":"the-inspection-house-tim-maly-9781552453018","title":"The Inspection House: An Impertinent Field Guide to Modern Surveillance","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1787, British philosopher and social reformer Jeremy Bentham conceived of the panopticon, a ring of cells observed by a central watchtower, as a labor-saving device for those in authority. While Bentham's design was ostensibly for a prison, he believed that any number of places that require supervision--factories, poorhouses, hospitals, and schools--would benefit from such a design. The French philosopher Michel Foucault took Bentham at his word. In his groundbreaking 1975 study, \u003ci\u003eDiscipline and Punish\u003c\/i\u003e, the panopticon became a metaphor to describe the creeping effects of personalized surveillance as a means for ever-finer mechanisms of control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForty years later, the available tools of scrutiny, supervision, and discipline are far more capable and insidious than Foucault dreamed, and yet less effective than Bentham hoped. Shopping malls, container ports, terrorist holding cells, and social networks all bristle with cameras, sensors, and trackers. But, crucially, they are also rife with resistance and prime opportunities for revolution. \u003ci\u003eThe Inspection House\u003c\/i\u003e is a tour through several of these sites--from Guantánamo Bay to the Occupy Oakland camp and the authors' own mobile devices--providing a stark, vivid portrait of our contemporary surveillance state and its opponents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTim Maly\u003c\/b\u003e is a regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eUrban Omnivore\u003c\/i\u003e and is a 2014 fellow at Harvard University's Metalab.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmily Horne\u003c\/b\u003e is the designer and photographer of the webcomic \u003ci\u003eA Softer World\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tim Maly,Emily Horne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1552453014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781552453018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coach House Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/21\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 4.80w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/08\/2014\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tim Maly","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48153757745407,"sku":"9781552453018","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_995f75e4-9f41-4831-a5c4-753bd0233a3a.jpg?v=1770785627","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-inspection-house-tim-maly-9781552453018","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}