A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History
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 History sketches the outlines of a renewed materialist philosophy of history in the tradition of Fernand Braudel, Gilles Deleuze, and Félix Guattari, while also engaging the critical new understanding of material processes derived from the...
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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 Félix Guattari, while also engaging the critical new understanding of material processes derived from the sciences of dynamics.
Introduction11ILavas and MagmasGeological History: 1000-1700 A.D.25Sandstone and GraniteGeological History: 1700-2000 A.D.71IIFlesh and GenesBiological History: 1000-1700 A.D.103Species and Ecosystems135Biological History: 1700-2000 A.D.149IIIMemes and NormsLinguistic History: 1000-1700 A.D.183Arguments and Operators215Linguistic History: 1700-2000 A.D.227Conclusion and Speculations257Notes275
