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Konfiguracije privatnog
Configurations of Privacy

Author(s): Maja Profaca
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Hrvatsko Filozofsko Društvo
Keywords: right to privacy; the network society; privacy as a deprivation; distribution and availability of personal data; social inclusion; the importance of privacy

Summary/Abstract: Right to privacy is a complex concept with historical and social changes of its own. Although sometimes it was connected with deprivation and inequality, today it is usually conceived as a condition for freedom, democracy, autonomy and self-development. The network society brought new aspects of the problem of privacy and social inclusion that demand their new, critical rethinking in the light of different social values and new technology context.

  • Issue Year: 31/2011
  • Issue No: 04/124
  • Page Range: 861-867
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Croatian