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Originally published as Im Schwarm: Ansichten des Digitalen in the series Fröhliche Wissenschaft by Matthes & Seitz Berlin: © Matthes & Seitz Berlin Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Berlin 2013. All rights reserved.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Han, Byung-Chul, author.

Title: In the swarm : digital prospects / Byung-Chul Han ; translated by Erik Butler.

Other titles: Im Schwarm. English

Description: Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, 2017. | Series: Untimely meditations | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016031907 | ISBN 9780262533362 (pbk. : alk. paper)

eISBN 9780262339261

Subjects: LCSH: Internet--Social aspects. | Digital media--Social aspects. | Communication--Social aspects.

Classification: LCC HM851 .H344813 2017 | DDC 302.23/1--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016031907

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