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DeLanda

DeLanda is a surname most commonly associated with Manuel DeLanda, a Mexican-American philosopher. His work develops a realist materialism rooted in assemblage theory, drawing on Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari. He treats social reality as composed of heterogeneous assemblages—networks of bodies, functions, and meanings that configure themselves through processes of territorialization, deterritorialization, and reterritorialization. He emphasizes that properties emerge from interactions among components at multiple scales rather than from an essence of the whole.

DeLanda's writings span philosophy of science, technology, and history. He argues that history unfolds through nonlinear,

Major works include A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History, War in the Age of Intelligent Machines, Intensive

DeLanda's work has been influential in continental philosophy, urban studies, and science and technology studies, where

contingent
reorganizations
of
social
assemblages,
resisting
teleological
narratives.
He
integrates
concepts
from
complexity
theory,
cybernetics,
and
evolutionary
biology
to
analyze
institutions,
economies,
and
cultures.
Science
and
Virtual
Philosophy,
and
Philosophy
and
the
Origin
of
the
World.
These
books
examine
topics
such
as
the
role
of
machines
and
technical
systems
in
social
change,
the
ontology
of
science
and
its
experiments,
and
the
philosophical
implications
of
virtual
and
intensive
processes
for
metaphysics
and
cosmology.
assemblage
theory
is
used
to
analyze
dynamic
networks,
infrastructures,
and
social
organization.