Non-fiction
The Metric Society
On the Quantification of the Social

Steffen Mau

The measurement of the individual is progressing inexorably. Ratings, rankings, classifications, etc. are finding their way into areas of everyday life such as work, studies, sports, tourism and consumer behaviour. Steffen Mau describes the impact of the data collected in this way. 

English

The Metric Society
Steffen Mau
Cambridge, Polity 2019
200 pages
Translation sponsored by the Goethe-Institut

German original title

German

Steffen Mau
Das metrische Wir

Berlin, Suhrkamp Verlag 2017
308 pages

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