What I take from Manuel DeLanda is a material footing for duration: history as flows of matter and energy moving at different speeds. I like the flows. I'm less sure about the layers.
How the word moved
He came into my March 2026 readings on time, next to Bergson, while I was working out the planetary durée. I used his flows and said plainly that I'm not that convinced by his layer-cake.
In my words
"I am not that convinced by this layer-cake model"
from The Planetary Syllabus. Time, Part III: Preliminary Thoughts on The Planetary Duree, 17 Mar 2026
Related
- Contradicts Dipesh Chakrabarty - DeLanda stacks histories in layers, while Chakrabarty has them colliding.
- Related Planetary Duree - he gives the durée something material to stand on.
- Related Henri Bergson - I read the two of them as a pair.