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A New Philosophy of Society: Assemblage Theory And Social Complexity
Publisher: Continuum
Keywords: social, complexity, theory, assemblage, philosophy, society, new
Number of Pages: 142
Published: 2006-11-14
List price: $23.95
ISBN-10: 0826491693
ISBN-13: 9780826491695
Book Description:
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.
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