Thousand Years of Nonlinear History

Name: Thousand Years of Nonlinear History
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ISBN: 9780942299328

ISBN-10: 0942299329

ISBN-13: 9780942299328

Edition: 1997 (Reprint)

Authors: Manuel De Landa

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Following in the wake of his groundbreaking War in the Age of Intelligent Machines, Manuel De Landa presents a radical synthesis of historical development over the last one thousand years. More than a simple expository history, A Thousand Years of Nonlinear Historysketches the outlines of a renewed materialist philosophy of history in the tradition of Fernand Braudel, Gilles Deleuze, and Feacute;lix 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…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Zone Books
Publication date: 1/11/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.98" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Introduction



Lavas and Magmas


Geological History: 1000-1700 A.D.


Sandstone and Granite


Geological History: 1700-2000 A.D.



Flesh and Genes


Biological History: 1000-1700 A.D.


Species and Ecosystems


Biological History: 1700-2000 A.D.



Memes and Norms


Linguistic History: 1000-1700 A.D.


Arguments and Operators


Linguistic History: 1700-2000 A.D.


Conclusion and Speculations


Notes