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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Academic & Professional
ISBN-100826491693
ISBN-139780826491695
eBay Product ID (ePID)54362176
Product Key Features
Number of Pages160 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameNew Philosophy of Society : Assemblage Theory and Social Complexity
Publication Year2006
SubjectAnthropology / Cultural & Social, Political
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPhilosophy, Social Science
AuthorManuel. Delanda
FormatUk-Trade Paper
Dimensions
Item Height0.3 in
Item Weight5.5 Oz
Item Length7.8 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2007-272022
Dewey Edition23
TitleLeadingA
Dewey Decimal300.1
Edition DescriptionAnnotated edition
Table Of ContentIntroduction 1. Assemblages Against Totalities 2. Assemblages Against Essences 3. Persons and Networks 4. Organisations and Governments 5. Cities and Nations
SynopsisManuel 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 entities, 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., A new and highly original interrogation of social philosophy from one of the world's leading theorists >, Offers a look at how the contemporary world is characterized by an extraordinary social complexity. This book takes the reader on a journey that starts with personal relations and climbs up one scale at a time to territorial states and beyond., 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 entities, 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. >