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.
- ISBN10 6613122777
- ISBN13 9786613122773
- Publish Date 14 September 2006 (first published 1 January 2006)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 29 May 2012
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Continuum
- Format eBook
- Pages 150
- Language English