We're sunsetting PodQuest on 2025-07-28. Thank you for your support!
Export Podcast Subscriptions
cover of episode A Cultural History of Privacy, with Tiffany Jenkins

A Cultural History of Privacy, with Tiffany Jenkins

2025/4/28
logo of podcast Intelligence Squared

Intelligence Squared

AI Deep Dive Transcript
People
T
Tiffany Jenkins
Topics
Tiffany Jenkins: 我试图追溯隐私概念的起源,它并非始于互联网或社交媒体,而是可以追溯到更久远的时期,甚至早于19世纪的社会价值观形成。19世纪的隐私担忧,例如窃听、报纸和柯达相机的出现,促使我探索隐私的起源,因为它并非自然现象。 从宗教改革后的宽容时代开始,人们被允许在私人领域自由地进行宗教信仰,这标志着公共领域和私人领域开始分离,个人意识的觉醒。马丁·路德通过对圣经的个人解读,挑战了天主教权威,开启了个人意识和内在生活的探索。托马斯·莫尔拒绝亨利八世强加的誓言,维护个人良知,凸显了公共言论与私人信仰之间的冲突。他的殉道引发了人们对良知的讨论,巩固了个人在信仰和生活方式选择上的自主权。 17世纪的宗教宽容和个人良知的强调,扩展到对信仰自由和个人选择的认可,为隐私概念的进一步发展奠定了基础。18世纪的商业化、启蒙运动和新兴中产阶级,促使人们对隐私的理解从宗教信仰扩展到性行为等个人领域,博斯韦尔的日记就是一个例子。 18世纪,公共领域和私人领域开始明确区分,私人领域逐渐被赋予更高的价值,小说等文学形式的兴起也反映了这一转变。然而,这一时期对公共领域和私人领域的划分也引发了批评,卢梭认为公共领域是虚伪和缺乏灵魂的,而德文郡公爵夫人则在尝试进入公共领域时受到了媒体的攻击,这突显了性别不平等。 女权主义运动中对私人领域和公共领域关系的争论,反映了女性在争取平等和自主权方面的不同视角。19世纪的隐私观念达到顶峰,但私人领域的过度重视也导致了公共领域价值的下降,理想状态是两者兼顾。 20世纪,随着新右翼、新左翼和女权主义思潮的兴起,以及大众媒体的发展(如真人秀节目),公共领域和私人领域的界限变得模糊,隐私受到新的挑战。科技的发展,特别是互联网和社交媒体的出现,进一步加速了这一趋势。人们对隐私的理解也发生了变化,从维多利亚时代对私人领域的严格保护,转变为对信息公开和透明的追求。 然而,信息并非完全公开透明,非公开协议等机制的存在,使得一些重要的公共信息被隐藏起来,这与民主和问责制的要求相悖。我们需要重新审视公共领域和私人领域的关系,在保护个人隐私的同时,确保公共信息的透明和开放。 Carl Miller: (回应Tiffany Jenkins的观点,并提出补充问题和见解)

Deep Dive

Shownotes Transcript

What does it mean to have a private life?

Our guest today is Tiffany Jenkins, a writer, cultural historian and broadcaster. She is the author of the acclaimed Keeping Their Marbles: How Treasures of the Past Ended Up in Museums and Why They Should Stay There, and a former honorary fellow in the History of Art at the University of Edinburgh. She wrote and presented the BBC Radio 4 series ‘A History of Secrecy’ and ‘Contracts of Silence', about the rise of non-disclosure agreements.

Today we’ll be discussing her latest book, Strangers & Intimates: The Rise and Fall of Private Life, which traces the meaning of privacy from ancient times to our digital present, exploring how privacy shaped the modern world and why it remains crucial for our personal and collective freedom.

Joining her to discuss the book is Carl Miller, the journalist, co-founder of the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media at Demos, and host of crime podcast Kill List.


If you'd like to become a Member and get access to all our full conversations, plus all of our Members-only content, just visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more.

For £4.99 per month you'll also receive:

  • Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared episodes, wherever you get your podcasts

  • Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series

  • 15% discount on livestreams and in-person tickets for all Intelligence Squared events

 

... 

Or Subscribe on Apple for £4.99:

  • Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared podcasts

  • Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series

Already a subscriber? Thank you for supporting our mission to foster honest debate and compelling conversations! Visit intelligencesquared.com to explore all your benefits including ad-free podcasts, exclusive bonus content and early access.

Subscribe to our newsletter here to hear about our latest events, discounts and much more.

https://www.intelligencesquared.com/newsletter-signup/

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices)