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    Realism, materialism, and the assemblage: Thinking psychologically with Manuel DeLanda

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    Authors
    Price-Robertson, R.
    Duff, Cameron
    Date
    2016
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Price-Robertson, R. and Duff, C. 2016. Realism, materialism, and the assemblage: Thinking psychologically with Manuel DeLanda. Theory and Psychology. 26 (1): pp. 58-76.
    Source Title
    Theory and Psychology
    DOI
    10.1177/0959354315622570
    ISSN
    0959-3543
    School
    National Drug Research Institute (NDRI)
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/38854
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    The purpose of this article is to introduce Manuel DeLanda’s “assemblage theory” to psychology. Based on a select review of this theory, we argue that DeLanda’s work may allow for new ways of approaching unresolved problems in psychological inquiry, such as the realism–constructivism impasse, and disputes regarding linear and non-linear models of causality. DeLanda’s systematic treatment of the assemblage, using terms familiar to social scientists and analytic philosophers alike, offers a host of novel concepts and methods for the analysis of social, biological, and/or political systems, while also indicating how this analysis may be deployed in innovative social science inquiry. A number of psychologists have recently begun to explore the concept of assemblage. We add to these efforts in the present paper by assessing how DeLanda’s assemblage theory may open up a new “image of the psychological” to guide research and practice.

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