A New Philosophy of Society

Assemblage Theory and Social Complexity
Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-0-8264-8170-2
Verlag: Continnuum-3PL

Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 329 g

new and highly original interrogation of social philosophy from one of the world's leading theorists

- New and original interrogation of social philosophy from one of the world's leading theorists and author of Intensive Science and Virtual Philosophy
- Fascinating look at how theories of society and community characterize the contemporary world
- Encompasses social philosophy and Deleuze to offer a new clarification of social reality.

Manuel DeLanda is a distinguished writer, artist and philosopher. In his new book, he offers a fascinating look at how the contemporary world is characterized by an extraordinary social complexity. Since most social entitles, from small communities to large nation-states, would disappear altogether if human minds ceased to exist, Delanda proposes a novel approach to social ontology that asserts the autonomy of social entities from the conceptions we have of them.

This highly original and important book takes the reader on a journey that starts with personal relations and climbs up one scale at a time all the way to territorial states and beyond. Only by experiencing this upward movement can we get a sense of the irreducible social complexity that characterizes the contemporary world.

Zielgruppe

Upper Level Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

DeLanda, Manuel

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1. Assemblages Against Totalities
2. Assemblages Against Essences
3. Persons and Networks
4. Organisations and Governments
5. Cities and Nations

Über Autor(innen)

Manuel DeLanda began his career in experimental film, later became a computer artist and programmer and is now Adjunct Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, USA. He is the author of the bestselling books War in the Age of Intelligent Machines and A Thousand Years of Non-Linear History and of Intensive Science and Virtual Philosophy, also published by Continuum.