The Metric Society: On the Quantification of the Social
the quantification of social phenomena is a process of ‘disembedding’ which deliberately strips away local knowledge and the context of social practices in order to obtain more abstract information that can be recombined and amalgamated with information from other sources.
Steffen Mau • The Metric Society: On the Quantification of the Social
quantification entails an act of translation:
Steffen Mau • The Metric Society: On the Quantification of the Social
growing tendency to quantify the social world, accompanied by changes in the assignment of worth which are then translated into new hierarchies.
Steffen Mau • The Metric Society: On the Quantification of the Social
of rationalization efforts aimed at organizing social and economic life according to the principles of efficiency and predictability.
Steffen Mau • The Metric Society: On the Quantification of the Social
signs of resonance: they show that the world is listening
Steffen Mau • The Metric Society: On the Quantification of the Social
how the quantification of the social leads to new forms of social organization.
Steffen Mau • The Metric Society: On the Quantification of the Social
Hartmut Rosa (2016),
Steffen Mau • The Metric Society: On the Quantification of the Social
broadcasting information oneself, dealing with
Steffen Mau • The Metric Society: On the Quantification of the Social
Max Weber's (1930 [1906]) famous thesis of the ‘spirit of capitalism’ that market exchange processes are cultural practices, and