Manuel DeLanda is een filosoof, mediakunstenaar en softwareontwerper wiens werk de domeinen van kunst, technologie en filosofie verbindt. Na zijn carrière als onafhankelijke filmmaker, geïnspireerd door de kritische theorie, verschoof hij zijn focus naar programmering en computerkunst. Na kennis te hebben genomen van het werk van Gilles Deleuze, ontdekte hij nieuw creatief potentieel in filosofische teksten en groeide hij uit tot een sleutelfiguur van het 'nieuwe materialisme'. Zijn benadering duikt in de dynamiek van systemen, de vorming en ontbinding van structuren, en biedt een unieke lens om de aard van de werkelijkheid te aanschouwen.
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. schovat popis
Der New Yorker Architekt Lebbeus Woods - Gründer des Research Institute for Experimental Architecture (RIEA) - beschäftigt sich intensiv mit Architekturtheorie und experimenteller Architektur. Seine Ansätze sind weit entfernt von konkreten, zweckgebundenen Bauvorhaben. Vielmehr entwickeln sie sich hin zu visionären Projekten, die Wissenschaft, Philosophie und Kunst mit einbeziehen. Seine Entwurfspraxis, ein komplexes Denkmodell, das sich auch von Science-Fiction-Ikonen inspirieren lässt, hat Generationen von Architekten beeinflusst. Lebbeus Woods (*1940) siedelt seine Projekte an Orten an, an denen die Widersprüche der Realität krisenhaft und gewalttätig aufbrechen - sieht er die Aufgabe des Architekten doch vor allem im Entwerfen von Räumen und urbanen Strukturen, die auf die Gesamtheit menschlicher Lebensbedingungen reagieren. Ausgangspunkt dieser systemtheoretischen Abhandlung ist eine speziell für das MAK konzipierte Arbeit Lebbeus Woods' über die urbane Struktur der Stadt Wien, in die er konkrete architektonische Eingriffe vornehmen wird. Die begleitenden Essays stellen diese Interventionen in einen erweiterten Kontext und verweisen dabei auf grundlegende Aspekte in Werk und Denken eines der bedeutendsten Architekten unserer Zeit. Ausstellung: MAK, Wien 29.6.-16.10.2005
In this groundbreaking book, Manuel DeLanda analyzes different genres of simulation, from cellular automata and generic algorithms to neural nets and multi-agent systems, as a means to conceptualize the space of possibilities associated with casual and other capacities. This remarkably clear philosophical discussion of a rapidly growing field, from a thinker at the forefront of research at the interface of science and the humanities, is a must-read for anyone interested in the philosophies of technology, emergence and science at all levels.
Until quite recently, almost no philosophers trained in the continental tradition saw anything of value in realism. The situation in analytic philosophy was always different, but in continental philosophy realism was usually treated as a pseudo-problem. That is no longer the case.
"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." Editorial
Manuel DeLanda provides the first detailed overview of the assemblage theory found in germ in Deleuze and Guattari's writings. Through a series of case studies, DeLanda shows how the concept can be applied to economic, linguistic, and military history as well as to metaphysics, science, and mathematics. DeLanda then presents the real power of assemblage theory by advancing it beyond its original formulation - allowing for the integration of communities, institutional organizations, cities and urban regions. And he challenges Marxist orthodoxy with a Leftist politics of assemblages.
First published 10 years ago, Manuel DeLanda's Intensive Science and Virtual Philosophy rapidly established itself as a landmark text in contemporary continental thought. DeLanda here draws on the realist philosophy of Gilles Deleuze to the domain of philosophy of science. As well as contemporary philosophical insights, the book also tackles new developments in geometry, complexity theory and chaos theory to bring new insights to our understanding of a scientific knowledge liberated from traditional ideas of essence.
"Philosophical Chemistry: Genealogy of a Scientific Field" by Manuel DeLanda explores the evolution of Chemistry through a historicized lens, highlighting divergence and hybridization. The book examines three subfields across centuries, proposing a model of scientific practice that includes phenomena, practitioners, and techniques. It is essential for those studying Philosophy of Science and Chemistry.