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Author De Landa, Manuel, author.

Title Assemblage theory / Manuel DeLanda
Published Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (x, 198 pages)
Series Speculative realism
Speculative realism.
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Assemblages and Human History -- 2. Assemblages and the Evolution of Languages -- 3. Assemblages and the Weapons of War -- 4. Assemblages and Scientific Practice -- 5. Assemblages and Virtual Diagrams -- 6. Assemblages and Realist Ontology -- 7. Assemblages as Solutions to Problems
Summary Clarifies and systematises the concepts and presuppositions behind the influential new field of assemblage theory. "a NULL"Read and download the preface, by series editor Graham Harman, and the Introduction to Assemblage Theory for free now Manuel DeLanda provides the first detailed overview of the assemblage theory found in germ in Deleuze and Guattari's writings. Through a series of case studies DeLanda shows how the concept can be applied to economic, linguistic and military history as well as to metaphysics, science and mathematics. DeLanda then presents the real power of assemblage theory by advancing it beyond its original formulation - allowing for the integration of communities, institutional organisations, cities and urban regions. And he challenges Marxist orthodoxy with a Leftist politics of assemblages. Key Features. Critically connects DeLanda with more recent theoretical turns in speculative realism Makes sense of the fragmentary discussions of assemblage theory in the work of Deleuze and Guattari Opens up assemblage theory to sociology, linguistics, military organisations and science so that future researchers can rigorously deploy the concept in their own fields "Manuel DeLanda provides the first detailed overview of the assemblage theory found in germ in Deleuze and Guattari's writings. Through a series of case studies DeLanda shows how the concept can be applied to economic, linguistic, and military history as well as to metaphysics, science, and mathematics
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-195) and index
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Subject Deleuze, Gilles, 1925-1995.
Guattari, Félix, 1930-1992.
SUBJECT Deleuze, Gilles, 1925-1995 fast
Guattari, Félix, 1930-1992 fast
Subject Philosophy.
Psychoanalysis.
Radicalism.
philosophy.
psychoanalysis.
radicalism.
PHILOSOPHY -- Political.
PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
Philosophy
Psychoanalysis
Radicalism
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781474413640
1474413641
9781474413657
147441365X