A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History by Manuel De Landa (English) Paperback Boo

Description: A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History by Manuel De Landa More than a simple expository history, A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History sketches the outlines of a renewed materialist philosophy of history in the tradition of Fernand Braudel, Gilles Deleuze, and Felix Guattari, while also engaging the critical new understanding of material processes derived from the sciences of dynamics. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Following in the wake of "War in the Age of Intelligent Machines", Manuel De Landa presents a synthesis of historical development over the last one thousand years. The work sketches the outlines of a renewed materialist philosophy of history in the tradition of Fernand Braudel, Gilles Deleuze, and Felix Guattari, while also engaging the critical new understanding of material processes derived from the sciences of dynamics. Working against prevailing attitudes that see history as an arena of texts, discourses, ideologies, and metaphors, De Landa traces the concrete movements and interplays of matter and energy through human populations in the last millennium. The result is a study of human societies and their mobile, semistable forms: cities, economies, technologies, and languages. De Landa attacks three domains that have given shape to human societies: economics, biology, and linguistics.In every case, what one sees is the self-directed processes of matter and energy interacting with the whim and will of human history itself to form a panoramic vision of the West free of rigid teleology and naive notions of progress, and free of any deterministic source of its urban, institutional, and technological forms. Rather, the source of all concrete forms in the Wests history are shown to derive from internal morphogenetic capabilities that lie within the flow of matter-energy itself. Notes "Forcefully challenges habituated understandings ofhistory., urban and economics." Christopher Hight, AA Files Review "Forcefully challenges habituated understandings ofhistory., urban and economics." Christopher Hight, AA Files Promotional "Forcefully challenges habituated understandings ofhistory., urban and economics." Christopher Hight, AA Files Long Description Following in the wake of "War in the Age of Intelligent Machines", Manuel De Landa presents a synthesis of historical development over the last one thousand years. The work sketches the outlines of a renewed materialist philosophy of history in the tradition of Fernand Braudel, Gilles Deleuze, and Felix Guattari, while also engaging the critical new understanding of material processes derived from the sciences of dynamics. Working against prevailing attitudes that see history as an arena of texts, discourses, ideologies, and metaphors, De Landa traces the concrete movements and interplays of matter and energy through human populations in the last millennium. The result is a study of human societies and their mobile, semistable forms: cities, economies, technologies, and languages. De Landa attacks three domains that have given shape to human societies: economics, biology, and linguistics.In every case, what one sees is the self-directed processes of matter and energy interacting with the whim and will of human history itself to form a panoramic vision of the West free of rigid teleology and naive notions of progress, and free of any deterministic source of its urban, institutional, and technological forms. Rather, the source of all concrete forms in the Wests history are shown to derive from internal morphogenetic capabilities that lie within the flow of matter-energy itself. Review Text "Forcefully challenges habituated understandings of history., urban and economics." -Christopher Hight, AA Files Promotional "Headline" "Forcefully challenges habituated understandings of history., urban and economics." -- Christopher Hight, AA Files Details ISBN0942299329 Author Manuel De Landa Short Title THOUSAND YEARS OF NONLINEAR HI Language English ISBN-10 0942299329 ISBN-13 9780942299328 Media Book Format Paperback Illustrations Yes Year 2000 Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Imprint Zone Books Publisher Zone Books Edition Description Revised Audience Age 18 DOI 10.1604/9780942299328 UK Release Date 2000-01-11 NZ Release Date 2000-01-11 US Release Date 2000-01-11 Pages 336 Series A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History Publication Date 2000-01-11 Alternative 9780942299311 DEWEY 901 Audience Undergraduate AU Release Date 2000-03-20 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:612779;

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