Summary
Caterina Resta: Geophilosophy of the Mediterranean
With the views collected in this book, the author wants to depict a certain geophilosophy of the Mediterranean, and to offer a certain philosophical reflection that will be able, starting from the geographical given, to encompass the geosymbolic and geohistorical aspects of this sea, which is of immense importance for the history of Europe and the entire West. The Mediterranean thus acquires the characteristics of a complex pluriverse, a sea of diversity, which nevertheless has deep common roots. Its very nature, unique and plural at the same time, in the continuous embrace of land and sea, can serve as a paradigm for thinking about new forms of social and political coexistence. Rethink Europe, starting from the Mediterranean, as a sign of openness and hospitality.
As she travels with her soul and this space, the author equally questions her own and overall roots of culture, reflecting on them through the thoughts of philosophical and geopoetic magicians of science and travel writing (from Nietzsche, Derrida... to Brodel). and Matvejević). Thus he sails from the universal to the local, from the world to the Mediterranean, and after diving into Italy, he circles Sicily to settle in his native Messina. The book is accompanied by a set of colorful, enchanting maps, mostly made in the 12th century by the hand and knowledge of a Sicilian of Arab origin, El Idrisio, at the court of the Norman King of Sicily, Ruggero II, in Palermo. a cosmopolitan city, a Mediterranean observatory of the entire world known until then.
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