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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: Entrance: The Spies of Jericho -- Discipline and Listen -- Before the Wiretap -- Overhearing and Diaphony -- A Small History of Big Ears (Toward the Panacousticon) -- Mastery and Metrics in Figaro -- The Ages of Fear -- Telelistening and Telesurveillance -- A Secret Conversation -- Underground Passage: The Mole in Its Burrow -- In the Footsteps of Orpheus -- The Trackers, with Hidden Noise -- The Mortal Ear, or Orpheus Turns Around -- On the Phone: Papageno at Mabuse's -- The Phantom of the Opera -- Wozzeck at the Moment of His Death -- Adorno, the Informer -- Exit: J.D.'s Dream |
| Summary |
The world of international politics has recently been rocked by a seemingly endless series of scandals involving auditory surveillance: the NSA's warrantless wiretapping is merely the most sensational example of what appears to be a universal practice today. What is the source of this generalised principle of eavesdropping? This work traces the long history of moles from the Bible, through Jeremy Bentham's 'panacoustic' project, all the way to the intelligence-gathering network called 'Echelon.' Together with this archeology of auditory surveillance, Szendy offers an engaging account of spycraft's representations in literature (Sophocles, Shakespeare, Joyce, Kafka, Borges), opera (Monteverdi, Mozart, Berg), and film (Lang, Hitchcock, Coppola, De Palma) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Espionage.
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Aesthetics.
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Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics.
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Motion pictures -- Aesthetics.
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Opera
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PHILOSOPHY -- Aesthetics.
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Aesthetics.
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Espionage.
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Motion pictures -- Aesthetics.
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Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics.
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Opera.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780823273997 |
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0823273997 |
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9780823274000 |
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0823274004 |
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