Deleuze: History and Science (Think Media Egs Media Philosophy Serie) - Softcover

DeLanda, Manuel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0982706715 ISBN 13: 9780982706718

Publisher: Atropos Press, 2010

Synopsis

This is a collection of essays, most published here for the first time, on Gilles Deleuze's ideas about history and science. Its focus is on ontological or metaphysical questions: What are the legitimate social entities that can be used in historical explanations, given a materialist metaphysics? What are the legitimate inhabitants of the material world, natural and artificial, and what role should science play in determining their legitimacy? What can philosophy contribute to this enterprise? --- Manuel DeLanda is the author of five philosophy books, War in the Age of Intelligent Machines (1991), A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History (1997), Intensive Science and Virtual Philosophy (2002), A New Philosophy of Society (2006) , and The Emergence of Synthetic Reason (Forthcoming). He teaches two seminars at University of Pennsylvania, Department of Architecture: "Philosophy of History: Theories of Self-Organization and Urban Dynamics", and "Philosophy of Science: Thinking about Structures and Materials". He also holds the Gilles Deleuze chair at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland.

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About the Author

Manuel DeLanda is a distinguished writer, artist and philosopher. He began his career in experimental film, later becoming a computer artist and programmer. He is now Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, USA.

Schirmacher is a philosopher of technology. He currently teaches Media Philosophy at the New School for Social Research in New York and is Professor in the Science-Technology-Society Program at Penn State University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Atropos Press
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0982706715
• ISBN 13: 9780982706718
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 168
• Editor: Schirmacher Wolfgang