New Philosophy Of Society: Assemblage Theory And Social Complexity

New Philosophy Of Society: Assemblage Theory And Social ComplexityCondition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9780826491695 Format: Trade paperback (UK) Year: 2007 Publisher: Bloomsbury 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

Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780826491695
Format: Trade paperback (UK)
Year: 2007
Publisher: Bloomsbury


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.