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First published in German as Komplizen des Erkennungsdienstes. Das Selbst in der digitalen Kultur © S. Fischer Verlag GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, 2017
This English edition © Polity Press, 2019
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ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-3629-0
ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-3630-6 (pb)
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Bernard, Andreas, 1969- author.
Title: The triumph of profiling : the self in digital culture / Andreas Bernard.
Other titles: Komplizen des Erkennungsdienstes. English
Description: Cambridge : Polity Press, 2019. | Translation of: Komplizen des Erkennungsdienstes. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018050589 (print) | LCCN 2018051482 (ebook) | ISBN 9781509536313 (Epub) | ISBN 9781509536290 (hardback) | ISBN 9781509536306 (pbk.)
Subjects: LCSH: Self-presentation–Social aspects. | Self-perception–Social aspects. | Social representations. | Personality assessment. | Social media–Psychological aspects. | Subjectivity.
Classification: LCC HM1066 (ebook) | LCC HM1066 .B4713 2019 (print) | DDC 126–dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018050589
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