From Territorial Space to Networks: A Foucaldian Approach to the Implementation of Biometry

Examines the political imaginary that informs current demands for highly technological modes of combating "terrorism." Regardless of how these demands keep sounding the alarm of novel threats, they are shaped by many of the same discursive mechanisms considered by Michel Foucault in his investigation of distinct responses to lepers & plague victims in the early 18th century. The particular focus is on the endurance of the interest & trust in technology & its political implications. K. Coddon