Assemblage Theory

Description

Manuel DeLanda provides the first detailed overview of the assemblage theory found in germ in Deleuze and Guattari’s writings. Through a series of case studies, DeLanda shows how the concept can be applied to economic, linguistic, and military history as well as to metaphysics, science, and mathematics. DeLanda then presents the real power of assemblage theory by advancing it beyond its original formulation – allowing for the integration of communities, institutional organizations, cities and urban regions. And he challenges Marxist orthodoxy with a Leftist politics of assemblages. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Contents Acknowledgements Series Editor’s Preface Introduction 1. Assemblages and Human History 2. Assemblages and the Evolution of Languages 3. Assemblages and the Weapons of War 4. Assemblages and Scientific Practice 5. Assemblages and Virtual Diagrams 6. Assemblages and Realist Ontology 7. Assemblages as Solutions to Problems Bibliography Index