num_pages: 160
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 entities, 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.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 entities, 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.
language: English
title: A New Philosophy of Society: Assemblage Theory and Social Complexity
titlecomplete: A New Philosophy of Society: Assemblage Theory and Social Complexity
genres: Philosophy, Sociology, Society, Science, Academic, Urbanism, Nonfiction, Theory, Social Science, Politics
ratings_count: 267
publisher: Continuum