ABSTRACT
Recently, Manual DeLanda (2013/2006) has advanced a systematic philosophy of the social sciences built around – as he terms it – assemblage theory. It is an impressive attempt to develop a realist account of society which builds on the fragmentary ideas of assemblages to be found in the philosophical work of Deleuze and Guattari (in both their separate and their joint writings). There are several elements to the theory, some of which the authors have already glimpsed, such as the idea of territorialization (and de-territorialization), which refers to the integrity of an entity (or loss of its integrity); and the distinction between expressive and material elements of an entity. This chapter brings those ideas more into view plus others in examining the interconnectedness of the ecological university. The ecological university has 'an ecosophical ethics adapted to this terrifying and fascinating situation'.
