(2002) Manuel DeLanda (USA) was born in Mexico City and
has been living in New York since 1975. He started his career
as a filmmaker, but is also a media artist, programmer and
software designer. His philosophical essays have been published
in numerous magazines and he frequently gives lectures on
non-linear and autonomous systems, artificial intelligence
and artificial life. In his historical analysis of Western
society DeLanda applies his theories on these subjects,
offering an alternative view of the dynamics of social developments.
He is the author of War in the Age of Intelligent Machines
(1991), Phylum: A Thousand Years of Non-Linear History (1997)
and Intensive Science and Virtual Philosophy (2002). DeLanda
teaches at Columbia University (USA).
