Alicia Allen: A Lesson In Privacy

In reviewing physical privacies allen discusses home seclusion, isolation and confinement for punitive and health reasons, and a range of other concerns from religious modesty attire to. In why privacy isn't everything, anita l. Allen provides a highly original treatment of neglected issues affecting the intimacies of everyday life, and freshly examines how a preeminent. Jan 12, 2013 · the “unpopular” in allen’s title refers to the modest paternalism she defends to protect privacy from the considerable digital and social threats that privacy now faces (p. In why privacy isn't everything, anita l.

Professor allen's major new book offers an impressive and compelling analysis of the controversial link between privacy and personal accountability. Can the government stick us with privacy we don't want? It can, it does, and according to the author, it may need to do more of it. Privacy is a foundational good, she argues, a necessary.