Thumbelina: The Culture and Technology of Millennials

by Michel Serres

Book Overview

The title of this timely and thought-provoking book, a French bestseller, refers to schoolgirls sending text messages to their friends on their smart phones. Michel Serres, one of France's most important living intellectuals, uses this image to get at something far broader: that humans are formed and shaped by technologies, and that with the advent of computers, smart phones, and the Internet, a new human is being born.

These new humans beings...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783480718
• ISBN13: 9781783480715
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 to 22 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary