A New Philosophy of Society : Assemblage Theory and Social Complexity

by Professor Manuel DeLanda

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Format Paperback / Softback

Book Series Bloomsbury Revelations

ISBN-10 1350096733

ISBN-13 9781350096738

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Imprint Bloomsbury Academic

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Apr 18th, 2019

Print length 152 Pages

Weight 204 grams

Dimensions 13.90 x 21.50 x 1.30 cms

Product Classification: Social & political philosophy

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In A New Philosophy of Society Manuel DeLanda offers a fascinating look at how the contemporary world is characterized by an extraordinary social complexity. Since most social entities, from small communities to large nation-states would disappear altogether if our cognitive abilities 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. He argues that Gilles Deleuze’s theory of assemblages provides a framework in which sociologists and geographers studying social networks and regions can properly locate their work and fully elucidate the connections between them. Indeed, assemblage theory, as DeLanda argues, can be used to model any community, from interpersonal networks and institutional organizations, to central governments, cities and nation states.

In A New Philosophy of Society Manuel DeLanda offers a fascinating look at how the contemporary world is characterized by an extraordinary social complexity. Since most social entities, from small communities to large nation-states would disappear altogether if our cognitive abilities 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.

He argues that Gilles Deleuze’s theory of assemblages provides a framework in which sociologists and geographers studying social networks and regions can properly locate their work and fully elucidate the connections between them. Indeed, assemblage theory, as DeLanda argues, can be used to model any community, from interpersonal networks and institutional organizations, to central governments, cities and nation states.

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