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Harding moves fluidly between the sociological, political, statistical, economic, and aesthetic considerations of the impacts of surveillance on contemporary life. His book contributes a cautionary analysis of contemporary surveillance society that is grounded in performance and activist histories from the 20th-century avant-garde and pitched toward the need for radical activist performance in the 21st century. The final chapter in particular is an unequivocal call to arms, a stirring appeal for radical action in the face of alarming imbalances of power at local, national, and international levels. --Elise Morrison, Yale University

Harding moves fluidly between the sociological, political, statistical, economic, and aesthetic considerations of the impacts of surveillance on contemporary life. His book contributes a cautionary analysis of contemporary surveillance society that is grounded in performance and activist histories from the 20th-century avant-garde and pitched toward the need for radical activist performance in the 21st century. The final chapter in particular is an unequivocal call to arms, a stirring appeal for radical action in the face of alarming imbalances of power at local, national, and international levels. --Elise Morrison, Yale University

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James M. Harding is Professor of Theatre and Performance Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park.

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