Assemblage (philosophy)

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Assemblage (from everyday French: agencement, "arrangement, layout") is a philosophical concept developed by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari. It refers to a set of connections that come together for a period of time and produce a recognizable behavior or effect. Deleuze and Guattari refer to the connections which make up an assemblage as 'lines', such as a line of flight. The concept has subsequently been taken up by other theorists, such as Bruno Latour, Madeleine Akrich and Michel Callon who developed actor–network theory, Manuel DeLanda in his work on assemblage theory, and Jane Bennett who combines Latour with Deleuze and Guattari forming her own assemblage theory. Bennett’s assemblage thinking has influenced environmental philosophy (e.g. Timothy Morton’s Hyperobjects), political theory (e.g. William Connolly’s work on complexity and politics), and new materialism (e.g. Rosi Braidotti, Karen Barad). Assemblage is a philosophical concept used when studying ontological diversity of...

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