Life, War, Earth
Book • 2013
John Protevi's 'Life, War, Earth: Deleuze and the Sciences' develops a dialog between Deleuzean philosophy and contemporary scientific work across geophilosophy, cognitive science, and evolutionary developmental biology.
The book introduces Deleuzean conceptual tools (individuation, the virtual, multiplicities) and applies them to case studies ranging from military training and ancient warfare to hydropolitics, affect studies, and eco-devo approaches to evolution.
Protevi emphasizes multiscalar process thinking—above, below, and alongside the subject—and shows how social, physiological, and ecological processes co-constitute individuation.
The work aims to bridge humanities and sciences, arguing for processual ontologies that can inform STS, cognitive science, and evolutionary theory.
It is positioned as both a philosophical intervention and a set of empirical readings that reward close interdisciplinary engagement.
The book introduces Deleuzean conceptual tools (individuation, the virtual, multiplicities) and applies them to case studies ranging from military training and ancient warfare to hydropolitics, affect studies, and eco-devo approaches to evolution.
Protevi emphasizes multiscalar process thinking—above, below, and alongside the subject—and shows how social, physiological, and ecological processes co-constitute individuation.
The work aims to bridge humanities and sciences, arguing for processual ontologies that can inform STS, cognitive science, and evolutionary theory.
It is positioned as both a philosophical intervention and a set of empirical readings that reward close interdisciplinary engagement.
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John Protevi, “Life, War, Earth: Deleuze and the Sciences” (University of Minnesota Press, 2013)
