Manuel DeLanda. Materialism, Experience and Philosophy. 2008 1/12

[Edansmommy]

i'm not entirely sure why delanda presents phenomenology as an idealist philosophy that is radically opposed to materialism - Bourdieu sums up their relationship succinctly in his express desire to create "a science of the internalization of externality and the externalization of internality." Likewise, Merleau-Ponty claimed, "there is no inner man, man is in the world, and only in the world does he know himself...."

[whyohwhyfools]

The guy at the beginning sounds like Arnold Schwarzenegger.

[FeelOfFriction]

There is no such thing as objectivity.  Science is failing.

[baronmorris]

@FeelOfFriction

conditional inter-subjectivity is enoiugh. :-)

[qaplatlhinganmaH]

Greco-Buddhism, sometimes spelt Graeco-Buddhism, refers to the cultural syncretism between Hellenistic culture and Buddhism, which developed between the 4th century BCE and the 5th century CE

[InfectedDaemon]

I had no idea that Manuel DeLanda was Mexican.

[eventum77]

His example of snow - ?

The 29 words for snow is also - informing - perception, creating experience. It is a ressource carried by language, which helps the mind in perceiving even if it has been generated via raw sensation.

Sensation and sensemaking is in interaction; new words can make experience more rich; organizing attention and perception...

[eventum77]

Or language is both informed by raw sensation AND a worldbuilding complex in the incredible mindspace of man via the transmission of ideas made explicit and articulate. Language is worldbuilding of 'reality' supported by the real, which also is building up and giving form and intensity to psychic life...

[eventum77]

Ideas matter:

the mind has an inbuild capacity to generate new forms:

The imaginary as dimension made explicit in discourse and in organization of matter and human enviroment - and implicit in organization of desire:

culture. new imaginaries with new capacities to affirm life and its core of pure eventfullness and potentiality taking place in this or that.

[AAGMach]

I don't think Delanda would disagree with what you have said.

[StopTouchingMyFood]

Happily, real philosophy departments can't be bothered with this nonsense.

Delanda has a BFA and teaches architecture.

[kazbsmfe]

you are missing the whole point of what he's saying (and most of what deleuze warns us against...)

run back to the narrow, dusty confines of traditional academia from where you came. "one mustn't study philosophy to appear healthy, one must study philosophy to be healthy."

[TheHerm18]

Oh please do tell what are real philosophy departments?

[StopTouchingMyFood]

Well, at least not a department of architecture, which is where DeLanda teaches.

[TheHerm18]

Being as Deleuze was a big 'ol 68'er and that whole movement was rooted in notions of Unitary Urbanism and breaking down distinctions between art and life, I would say that a department of architecture makes sense. As much sense as a department of philosophy anyway, Besides real philosophy is mostly dead anyway, reduced to bickering between worthless pomo and inarticulate analytics. Gimme neo-materialism and bio-philosophy any day.....

[Shadapaga]

@TheHerm18 theres a million reasons why deleuze is important in architecture but your right.

[kazbsmfe]

how many ways can postmodernism regurgitate nietzsche?

[siadbarrbar]

delandas major point is that, by way of his thought and his ability to synthesize ideas from science, mathematics, marx, nietzsche, spinoza, and literature , deleuze seperated himself from what was termed "postmodern". The work turns out to be more than a regurgitatiion of nietzsche. Nothing personal but I find it hard to believe, judging by such a senseless comment, that you have read and comprehended Deleuze. How many ways can you interpret philosophers you dont read?

[FuriousBataille]

i was hoping this was more of the one clip where he says its unethical to open a wine before it has aged properly.

But this is good too!

Should go well with his piece I just read in Sound Unbound

[lensherr82]

I love Manuel DeLanda. He has the ability to communicate complex ideas clearly and effectively.

[anujdasgupta]

fyi DeLanda... "eskimo" is a politically incorrect term. The word to be used is "Inuit".