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A New Philosophy of Society: Assemblage Theory and Social Complexity (Paperback)
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Short Description for A New Philosophy of SocietyOffers 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.
Full description- Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
- Published: 14 November 2006
- Format: Paperback 160 pages
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- Categories: Social Theory | Anthropology | Social & Political Philosophy
- ISBN 13: 9780826491695 ISBN 10: 0826491693
- Sales rank: 78,421
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Full description for A New Philosophy of Society
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.
