Alan Westin, Historical Perspectives on Privacy: From the Hebrews and Greeks to the American Republic

By privacylaw | May 17, 2013 at 04:24 pm

Comment by: Alan Westin

PLSC 2009

Workshop draft abstract:

1. Can we define and conceptualize privacy across three thousand years of Western political history and, if so, what are the critical measures?

2. What are the constant elements in the privacy arena that are still critical to privacy dynamics today and what are the new elements of privacy values and struggles generated by advanced technology and the computer age?

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