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UNINA9910462528903321 |
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Eyre William <1960-> |
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The Real ID Act [[electronic resource] ] : privacy and government surveillance / / William Eyre |
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El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2011 |
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1 online resource (223 p.) |
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Law & society : recent scholarship |
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Identification cards - Law and legislation - United States |
Terrorism - Prevention - Law and legislation - United States |
Privacy, Right of - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1. SURVEILLANCE TODAY; A DAY IN THE LIFE; Data Fusion and Integration; PRIVACY AS A RIGHT; PRIVACY IN INTERNET COMMUNICATIONS; Americans' Attitudes Regarding Privacy; Privacy and the Law; THE PUBLIC DISCOURSE AND SOCIETAL NORMS REGARDING PRIVACY; GOVERNMENT'S ASSUMPTION OF EXTRAORDINARY POWER; Alien and Sedition Acts; The Civil War - Habeas Corpus; World War I - The Espionage and Sedition Acts; World War II - The Smith Act and Japanese Detentions; Korean Conflict & Cold War - McCarran-Walters; The Vietnam Conflict; The USA PATRIOT Act |
CHAPTER 2: FOUNDATIONAL THEORY OFSURVEILLANCEWHAT IS TERRORISM?; THE TERRORIST THREAT; PRE-EMPTING TERRORISTS; RELIGIOUS EXTREMISTS AND THEIR EFFECT ON GEOPOLITICS; TECHNOLOGIES OF SURVEILLANCE; CHAPTER 3: TOTAL SURVEILLANCE; COUNTER-TERRORISM; PUTTING THE LOCAL CITIZENRY UNDER SURVEILLANCE; INFILTRATION; SURVEILLANCE AND INTERDICTION ON THE INTERNET; CHAPTER 4: TECHNOLOGY OF THE REAL ID ACT; WHAT IS THE REAL ID ACT?; WHAT IS A REAL ID?; IS REAL ID AN UNFUNDED MANDATE?; TIMING AND IMPLEMENTATION COMPLICATIONS; THE RACE/ETHNICITY FIELD; THE 2D BARCODE AND ITS SECURITY |
COMPUTERS, DATABASES AND SECURITYSTATES' RESISTANCE; |
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INCREASED SCOPE OF USE; POSSIBLE ROLE OF RFID IN FUTURE REAL ID IMPLEMENTATIONS; CHAPTER 5: THE REAL ID ACT: THREAT TO FREEDOM; INSECURITIES IN THE CURRENT IMPLEMENTATION; THE PROBLEM OF PRIVACY IN A SURVEILLANCE SOCIETY; WE'VE GOT THE WRONG GUY; ABUSE OF TRUST; ABUSE OF POWER; INSECURITY OF INFORMATION; GOVERNMENT IS NOT THE SOLUTION,GOVERNMENT IS THE PROBLEM; TOTAL SURVEILLANCE; No Need to Disrobe - We'll Save You the Trouble; THE RHETORIC OF THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR; EPILOGUE; REFERENCES; INDEX |
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Civil society in the United States in the 21st century has seen the abandonment of American concepts of individual freedom, privacy, expression and autonomy. Eyre examines the Real ID Act in this context, as an example of laws passed since September 2001 restricting civil liberties. The Real ID Act facilitates the current and future surveillance regime. Real IDs and the database(s) to which they are linked represent a de facto national ID system facilitating monitoring citizens' movements, speech and political activities when fully operational. The Real ID Act is examined as an unfunded mandat |
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UNINA9910453625903321 |
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Rainey Lee Dian |
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Decoding Dao : Reading the Dao De Jing (Tao Te Ching) and the Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu) / / Lee Dian Rainey |
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Hoboken : , : John Wiley & Sons Inc., , 2014 |
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1-118-46575-X |
1-118-46567-9 |
1-118-46572-5 |
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1 online resource (269 p.) |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Book Notes; Chronology; Section One: THE CONTEXT; Chapter One; The Social and Political Background; Confucianism; Mozi and Mohism (Moe-ds) and (Moe-ism); Yang Zhu and Shen Dao (Ya-ahng, Jew); Language and Logicians; Trends During the Warring States Era; Cultural Heroes and Concepts; Summary; Section Two: AUTHORS AND TEXTS; Chapter Two; The Dao De Jing; Why Does the Dao De Jing/Tao Te Ching/Laozi/Lao Tzu Have So Many Names?; Dao De Jing, The Author; Dao De Jing, the Text; The Dao De Jing, the Style of the Text |
The Dao De Jing in the West The Zhuangzi, the Author; The Zhuangzi, the Text; The Zhuangzi, the Style of the Text; The Zhuangzi in the West; Issues in Translation; Summary; Chapter Three; The Dao? A Dao? Dao? daos? dao?; Images: Water, Women, Baby, Root, and Others; What Is the Problem?; Conventional Values: Pairs of Opposites; Being and Non-Being; Summary; Chapter Four; Illogical Statements?; Decoding; Not Acting, Not Knowing, Not Desiring; Ziran, Self-So, Natural, Spontaneous; Language; Morality; Summary; Chapter Five; War; Government, Society, and the Sage-Ruler; The Golden Age |
Advice for Would-Be Sages Losing dao; Summary; Chapter Six; What Is the Problem?; Anti-Confucians; Anti-Mohists; Being Useless; Point of View; This and That; Knowing How; Knowing What; Summary; Chapter Seven; Language: Convention and Culture; This/That, True/False; Language Is OK, Up to a Point; How to Use Language; Clarity; Death; Transformation; Survival of Consciousness and an Afterlife; Immortality; Dao; Summary; Chapter Eight; Public Life; The Golden Age; What Should We Do?; Mirror; Forgetting; Mind/Heart Fasting; Perfected People; The Relationship of the Dao De Jing and the Zhuangzi |
Summary Section Three: DEVELOPING DAO; Chapter Nine; The School of Zhuangzi and Followers of the Dao De Jing; The Han Feizi; The Guanzi; Huang-Lao; The Huainanzi; The Liezi; The Han Dynasty and Beyond; Summary; Chapter Ten; Organized Daoism; The Search for Immortality; Organized Groups; The Cult of Laozi; Modern Organized Daoism; The Mystical Reading; The Philosophical Reading; Modern Daoism; Dao Lite52; A Lao-Zhuang Daoist; What Is Daoism and Other Problems; Glossary of Technical Terms; Glossary of Pronunciation; Further Reading; Bibliography; Index |
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"Written by a leading authority on Chinese philosophy, Decoding Dao uniquely focuses on the core texts in Daoist philosophy, providing readers with a user-friendly introduction that unravels the complexities of these seminal volumes. Offers a detailed introduction to the core texts in Daoist philosophy, the Dao De Jing and the Zhuangzi, two of the most widely read - and most challenging - texts in China's long literary history Covers the three main ways the texts can be read: as religious, mystical, and philosophical works Explores their historical context, origins, authorship, and the reasons these seminal texts came into being, along with the key terms and approaches they take Examines the core philosophical arguments made in the texts, as well as the many ways in which they have been interpreted, both in China itself and in the West Provides readers with an unrivalled insight into the multifaceted philosophy of Daoism - and the principles underlying much of Chinese culture - informed by the very latest academic scholarship "-- |
"Providing a unique focus on the core texts in Daoist philosophy, this lucid introduction to the Dao De Jing and the Zhuangzi offers students a comprehensive understanding of the principles underlying much of Chinese culture"-- |
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UNISA996383050703316 |
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Brahe Tycho <1546-1601.> |
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Learned: Tico Brahæ his astronomicall coniectur of the new and much admired [star] which appered in the year 1572 [[electronic resource]] |
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Printed at London, : By B.A. and T.F. for Michaell [Sparke] and Samuell Nealand, 1632 |
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[12], 26, [2] p., 1 leaf of plates : ill., port |
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"Translated according to his originall astronomicall prediction"--P. 1. |
Engraved and illustrated t.p. on double leaf (with rebuses for the words "star" and "spark"). |
Translator's dedication signed: V.V.S. |
Translation of the conclusion of: Astronomiae instauratae progymnasmata. |
Signatures: [pi]³ A-DⴠE². |
Colophon imprint: London : Printed by B.A. and T.F. for Michael Sparke, at the Blue Bible in Greene-Arbor, 1632. |
Reproductions of originals in the British Library (reel 734) and Peterborough Cathedral (reel 1747). |
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