Time, Technology and Environment: An Essay on the Philosophy of Nature (Plateaus - New Directions in Deleuze Studies)

## A new concept of nature based on Deleuze and Guattari’s theories of time Marco Altamirano critiques the modern concept of nature to chart a new trajectory for the philosophy of nature. He reveals the modern origins of the epistemological configuration of nature, where a subject confronts an object in space (and at time t), and wonders about her mode of access to that object. After critiquing the spatial orientation of this concept of nature, Altamirano shows that a new concept of time is necessary to reinstall the subject within its concrete ecology. Altamirano goes on to deploy conceptual resources excavated from Deleuze, Guattari, Foucault and Leroi-Gourhan to show how technology, which bypasses the nature-artifice distinction, is an essential dimension of the philosophy of nature. Ultimately, this book draws the profile of a concept of nature based on time and technology that escapes the nature-artifice distinction that has mired the philosophy of nature for so long. "Marco Altamirano critiques the modern concept of nature to chart a new trajectory for the philosophy of nature. He reveals the modern origins of the epistemological configuration of nature, where a subject confronts an object in space (and at time t), and wonders about her mode of access to that object. After critiquing the spatial orientation of this concept of nature, Altamirano shows that a new concept of time is necessary to reinstall the subject within its concrete ecology."-- Provided by publisher Marco Altamirano examines Deleuze's philosophy of time, from its Bergsonian inheritance to its Nietzschean re-evaluation to Deleuze?s co-authored work with Guattari. He then deploys the conceptual resources excavated from Deleuze and Guattari to show how technology is an essential dimension of the philosophy of nature. After tracing the thread of time or becoming through all these developments, he ultimately reformulates the philosophy of nature in terms of time and technology Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: The Bifurcation of Nature PART I: CRITIQUE OF THE BIFURCATION OF NATURE 1 The Clock and the Cogito 2 The Polarisation of Nature PART II: TOWARD A NEW PHILOSOPHY OF NATURE 3 Difference and Representation: Deleuze and the Reversal of Platonism 4 Beyond the Nature-Artifice Divide: Technology, Milieu and Machine Conclusion: The Technological Composition of Milieus Index Brings Deleuze and Guattari's work into conversation with the philosophy of nature. As the spatial orientation of the philosophy of nature is critiqued, this book shows that a philosophy of time is a more adequate guide to nature. It reformulates the philosophy of nature in terms of time and technology.