What do we mean by 'assemblage' in contemporary theory? The constant and seemingly limitless expansion of the concept's range of applications begs the question, if any and every kind of collection of things is an assemblage, then what advantage is there is in using this term and not some other term, or indeed no term at all? What makes an assemblage an assemblage, and not some other kind of collection of things?
This book advances beyond this impasse and offers practical help in thinking about and using assemblage theory for contemporary cultural and social research, in order to:
- Answer the question: what is an assemblage?
- Explain why assemblage theory is necessary
- Provide clear instructions on how to use assemblage theory
Ian Buchanan maps the beginnings of a brand new field within the humanities.
Ian Buchananis Professor of Critical and Cultural Theory at the University of Wollongong, Australia. He is the author of
ADictionary of Critical Theory(2nd edition, 2018) and the founding editor of the international journal
Deleuze and Guattari Studies.
In this manuscript Buchanan clarifies some of the most powerful, widely used and generally misunderstood concepts advanced by Deleuze and Guattari that comprise assemblage theory. Sue Ruddick, Professor of Geography, University of Toronto, Canada
By carefully returning to their texts to excavate not only the concept of the assemblage but the related notions of stratification, desire, territorialization, the body without organs, the virtual and the actual, and more, Buchanan corrects many of the modish and often ad hoc appropriations of Deleuze and Guattari's work so often found in works of contemporary theory. Nathan Widder, Professor of Political Theory, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
Ian Buchanan shows that the assemblage does not refer to things nor to an ensemble of parts, but rather to the constitution of lil/
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