{"title":"Ian Buchanan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIan Buchanan\u003c\/strong\u003e explores complex intersections in contemporary philosophy and cultural theory, with a particular focus on assemblage theory and the work of Deleuze and Guattari. His writings engage deeply with concepts of affect, method, and the radical potential of non-linear thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders will find intellectually rigorous texts that challenge conventional approaches to subjectivity, power, and social formations, offering fresh perspectives within the fields of \u003cem\u003ephilosophy\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003epsychology\u003c\/em\u003e. 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What makes an assemblage an assemblage, and not some other kind of collection of things?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAssemblage Theory and Method\u003c\/em\u003e advances beyond this impasse and offers practical help in thinking about and using assemblage theory for contemporary cultural and social research, in order to:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eAnswer the question: what is an assemblage?\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eExplain why assemblage theory is necessary\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eProvide clear instructions on how to use assemblage theory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIan Buchanan maps the beginnings of a brand new field within the humanities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46768638820588,"sku":"9781350015555","price":58.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/18067833482668.jpg?v=1756385107"},{"product_id":"deleuze-and-guattaris-anti-oedipus-by-ian-buchanan-9780826491497","title":"Deleuze and Guattari's 'Anti-Oedipus'","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari's \u003cem\u003eAnti-Oedipus\u003c\/em\u003e is the first part of a two-volume project entitled \u003cem\u003eCapitalism and Schizophrenia\u003c\/em\u003e. Challenging the twin orthodoxies of Lacanian psychoanalysis and Althusserian Marxism, \u003cem\u003eAnti-Oedipus\u003c\/em\u003e is an important and exciting, yet challenging piece of philosophical writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIan Buchanan's Reader's Guide to \u003cem\u003eAnti-Oedipus\u003c\/em\u003e is the ideal companion to one of the twentieth century's most influential philosophical works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000589304044,"sku":"9780826491497","price":71.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/6784193482482.jpg?v=1763287565"},{"product_id":"assemblage-theory-and-affect-by-ian-buchanan-9781350268777","title":"Assemblage Theory and Affect","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAssemblage Theory and Affect,\u003c\/i\u003e Ian Buchanan continues the project he began in \u003ci\u003eAssemblage Theory and Method,\u003c\/i\u003e of demystifying the critical elements of the work of Deleuze and Guattari.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe argues that the concepts of assemblage and affect, which were separated at birth, need to be reunited if we are to fully understand what Deleuze and Guattari meant by these pivotal concepts. To this end, \u003ci\u003eAssemblage Theory and Affect\u003c\/i\u003e proposes three agenda-setting arguments that will change how we see the concepts of the assemblage and affect.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. \u003ci\u003eAffect is a function of desire\u003c\/i\u003e – its powers are the powers we attribute to desire. As such, like desire it should be considered a psychical agency. The assemblage, the body without organs and the abstract machine are all components of this psychical agency.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. \u003ci\u003eAffect is a capacitating power\u003c\/i\u003e – it empowers us to meet life. Affect is not the measure of our response to a given stimulus, it is rather the capacity we have to respond to a stimulus in the way that we do. This is the essential argument of Deleuze and Guattari’s schizoanalytic project which is a kind of survivor’s guide to late capitalism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ecapacitating power\u003c\/i\u003e of affect depends upon the combinations of bodies without organs and abstract machines that we have been able to put together by means of the assemblages available to us. This is what Deleuze means by an ethics of desire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBuchanan outlines the meaning of both concepts for contemporary philosophy, art, cultural and critical theory and politics. 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