Passionate spectators -- Under the leaves -- Open-plan living -- Reluctant domestication -- Privacy, intimacy, and the selves -- Personal power and social control -- Passionate exhibitors -- What will the servants say? -- Virtual eaves -- Intimacy by theft
Summary
Eavesdropping is a form of human communication in which the information gained is stolen. It encompasses cheating to get unfair advantage, espionage to uncover secrets, and supervision to maintain power. John Locke considers the biological drive behind this behaviour as well as its social implications and consequences
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-255) and index