Geophilosophy of the Mediterranean / edited by Caterina Resta [and four others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Resta, Caterina, Author.

Contributor:

Resta, Caterina, editor.

Series:

SUNY series in contemporary Italian philosophy.

SUNY Series in Contemporary Italian Philosophy Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mediterranean Region--Geography.

Mediterranean Region.

Mediterranean Region--Civilization--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, 2024.

Summary:

Aims to rethink Europe under the sign of openness and hospitality, starting from the Mediterranean--the sea that is so important for the history of the entire West--a sea of differences with a deep unitary root conceived as a paradigm for rethinking new and original forms of social and political coexistence.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Editors' Note

Preface

1. Atlantics or Mediterraneans?

A Stormy Sea

Following Ulysses's Trails

Nietzsche: The New Columbus

Remembering the Mediterranean

2. Europe to Come

Europe in Crisis

Finis Europae

Evening-Land and Morning-Land

The Event of Europe

Another Europe

Mediterranean Europe

3. A Sea That Unites and Divides

A Sea Surrounded by Lands

Umbilicus Mundi, the Navel of the World

A Sea of Differences

The Mediterranean Pluriverse

4. Cartographies of Italy

A Greeting Card

Tabula Rogeriana

Mediterranean Italy

5. The Origin of Messina

The Loss of Place

An Ou-topic City

The Forgotten Origin

Between Sea and Land

Anamnesis

Notes

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781438497600

1438497601

OCLC:

1430657838