assemblage (philosophy)

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Assemblage (philosophy) is a Deleuzian-Guattarian concept describing dynamic, heterogeneous constellations of bodies, practices, and relations that temporarily come together to produce emergent functions and meanings.

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instanceOf Deleuzian-Guattarian concept
concept in continental philosophy
philosophical concept
characterizedBy non-hierarchical organization
non-totality
open-endedness
temporary composition
variable geometry
contrastsWith essentialism
structuralism
substantialism
describedIn A Thousand Plateaus NERFINISHED
emphasizes contingency
emergence
heterogeneity
multiplicity
processuality
relationality
focusesOn how elements co-function
how relations produce effects
hasAlternativeName agencement
assemblage theory
hasKeyDimension expressive dimension
material dimension
hasKeyProcess deterritorialization
reterritorialization
territorialization
hasLanguageOfOrigin French
hasOriginator Félix Guattari NERFINISHED
Gilles Deleuze NERFINISHED
influenced actor-network theory
assemblage urbanism
new materialism NERFINISHED
interpretedBy Bruno Latour NERFINISHED
Jane Bennett NERFINISHED
Manuel DeLanda NERFINISHED
involves affects
bodies
discursive elements
expressions
flows
material elements
practices
social relations
territories
partOf Deleuze and Guattari’s ontology
Deleuze and Guattari’s social theory
produces emergent functions
emergent meanings
relatedTo becoming (philosophy) NERFINISHED
immanence (philosophy)
multiplicity (philosophy)
rhizome (philosophy) NERFINISHED
usedIn anthropology
cultural studies
geography
political theory
science and technology studies
social theory

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A Thousand Plateaus mainSubject assemblage (philosophy)