Assemblage theory / Manuel DeLanda.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De Landa, Manuel, author.

Series:

Speculative realism.

Speculative realism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deleuze, Gilles, 1925-1995.

Deleuze, Gilles.

Guattari, Félix, 1930-1992.

Guattari, Félix.

Philosophy.

Psychoanalysis.

Radicalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 pages).

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh, [Scotland] : Edinburgh University Press, 2016.

Summary:

Clarifies and systematises the concepts and presuppositions behind the influential new field of assemblage theoryRead and download the preface, by series editor Graham Harman, and the Introduction to Assemblage Theory for free nowManuel 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 FeaturesCritically connects DeLanda with more recent theoretical turns in speculative realismMakes sense of the fragmentary discussions of assemblage theory in the work of Deleuze and GuattariOpens up assemblage theory to sociology, linguistics, military organisations and science so that future researchers can rigorously deploy the concept in their own fields"

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Series Editor’s Preface

Introduction

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

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781474413657

147441365X

9781474413640

1474413641