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A New Philosophy of Society

Assemblage Theory And Social Complexity

Manuel Delanda
 
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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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  • Subtitle: Assemblage Theory And Social Complexity
  • Media: Paperback Book, 142 pages
  • Publisher: Continuum (November 14, 2006)
  • Edition: annotated edition
  • ISBN-10: 0826491693
  • ISBN-13: 9780826491695
  • Dimensions: 5.04 x 8.11 x 0.47 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.4 lbs
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  • Rating Assemblage Intro  Mar 27, 2008 (9 of 11 found this helpful)

    I thought this was a very useful introduction to Assemblage theory. Of course, as with all of De Landa's work, it is unapologetically Deleuzeian, evinced by copious footnotes citing Deleuze and Guattari at length. This is just an introduction, and I think the title is horrible, despite his explicit statements that he wants to open the debate for an ontology of sociology (personally I think the title evokes a New Age contingent). Finally, the book is written in essay form (intro, body, conclusion) and his conclusions really are recapitulations of statements already made in the body of the text, although, his conclusions seem rushed and truncated, as though he just wanted to get the book to print.

  • Rating Dry. So very dry.  Jun 26, 2007 (17 of 25 found this helpful)

    I am an enormous fan of DeLanda. I literally keep copies of Virtual Science and 1000 Years in my desk to give to unsuspecting strangers. When I first cracked 1000 Years, it felt like I was finally seeing the clouds lift on a whole array of challenging subjects.

    Which is why I was quick to pick-up A New Philosophy of Society. Yikes! I suppose if you live and breathe sociology and academic social theory, and have never touched anything else by DeLanda, this might be a good read. But otherwise . . .

    Honestly, I'm not sure what is going on here. Most of it seems like a retread of ground that DeLanda plowed years ago. To be fair (although this fact seems like the most salient) - I never did finish the book. Its possible that the last 20 pages contain the sweet nectar promised by the books cover. If so, let me know, I'll be waiting for the next installment.

  • Rating Emergence of a Style  Dec 9, 2007 (1 of 12 found this helpful)

    DeLanda's latest book, whilst re-assembling many components from his previous books, is a masterful articulation of his own style. The book provides a rigorous and highly usable conceptual framework for the analysis of social networks or 'assemblages'.

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