{"title":"Federico Campagna","description":"\u003cp\u003eFederico Campagna is a distinguished author whose works delve into the realms of philosophy and psychology, skillfully exploring the intricacies of human thought and cultural phenomena. His collection, featured in our bookstore, includes compelling titles such as \u003cem\u003eOtherworlds\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eProphetic Culture\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eTechnic and Magic\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCampagna's writing invites readers on an intellectual journey, examining the subtle nuances of existence and the pervasive influence of cultural narratives. In \u003cem\u003eOtherworlds\u003c\/em\u003e, he challenges conventional perceptions, offering an innovative perspective on reality itself. \u003cem\u003eProphetic Culture\u003c\/em\u003e continues this exploration, contemplating the role of prophecy in shaping cultural and individual identity in modern society. Meanwhile, \u003cem\u003eTechnic and Magic\u003c\/em\u003e presents a thoughtful discourse on the dichotomy between the rigid structures of technology and the ethereal realms of imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhether you are an avid philosophy enthusiast or a curious reader, Federico Campagna's works promise to deliver profound insights and stimulate deep reflection. Discover his thought-provoking books and immerse yourself in a world of intellectual discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"otherworlds-by-federico-campagna-9781350536388","title":"Otherworlds","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat can survive the end of the world?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eOtherworlds\u003c\/em\u003e, philosopher Federico Campagna constructs extraordinary stories and alternative histories of the Mediterranean, a nexus of migrations and odysseys, ruins and romances, to depict a world in which the imagination is the only engine of survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eChapter by chapter, Campagna chronicles the existential challenges posed by history and the inventive and radical responses of people facing the ruin of their world. From the earliest myths with which the inhabitants of the kingdoms around the Mediterranean constructed a shared social reality, the stories of the Mediterranean are dominated by cataclysm and collapse in which fugitive fragments become the building blocks of resilience and renewal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlexander the Great’s cataclysmic conquests seed a cycle of existential romances; pagan philosophers fleeing the fall of Rome give rise to new visions of reality; translators across the Islamic world, Iberia, and Italy use stories to bridge the gap between cultures at war. Pirates, slaves, renegades, and publishers expand the imaginative horizons of human possibility through modernity and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn Campagna’s lyrical, novel and expansive work—part history, part philosophy, part love letter to a heritage of seasonal migration and searches for belonging—the challenges of disintegration and destruction are time and again met with the creation of new and radical realities. As rich and various as the philosophy, myths, literature, and art of the Mediterranean itself, \u003cem\u003eOtherworlds\u003c\/em\u003e traces the tales of these attempts to reinvent the world and reveals how, at the most dramatic and decisive junctures of Mediterranean history, it was the ability to set sail for these other worlds which prevailed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000696553708,"sku":"9781350536388","price":43.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/23276163482668.jpg?v=1763298291"},{"product_id":"prophetic-culture-by-federico-campagna-9781350149625","title":"Prophetic Culture","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSelected as one of \u003ci\u003eThe Tablet\u003c\/i\u003e's Books of the Year 2021\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout history, different civilisations have given rise to many alternative worlds. Each of them was the enactment of a unique story about the structure of reality, the rhythm of time and the range of what it is possible to think and to do in the course of a life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCosmological stories, however, are fragile things. As soon as they lose their ring of truth and their significance for living, the worlds that they brought into existence disintegrate. New and alien worlds emerge from their ruins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFederico Campagna explores the twilight of our contemporary notion of reality, and the fading of the cosmological story that belonged to the civilisation of Westernised Modernity. How are we to face the challenge of leaving a fertile cultural legacy to those who will come after the end of our future? How can we help the creation of new worlds out of the ruins of our own?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000712642796,"sku":"9781350149625","price":43.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/19408533482668.jpg?v=1763299874"},{"product_id":"technic-and-magic-by-federico-campagna-9781350044029","title":"Technic and Magic","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe take for granted that only certain kinds of things exist – electrons but not angels, passports but not nymphs. This is what we understand as ‘reality’. But in fact, ‘reality’ varies with each era of the world, in turn shaping the field of what is possible to do, think, and imagine. Our contemporary age has embraced a troubling and painful form of reality: Technic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUnder Technic, the foundations of reality begin to crumble, shrinking the field of the possible and freezing our lives in an anguished state of paralysis. \u003cem\u003eTechnic and Magic\u003c\/em\u003e shows that the way out of the present deadlock lies much deeper than debates on politics or economics. By drawing from an array of Northern and Southern sources – spanning from Heidegger, Junger, and Stirner’s philosophies, through Pessoa’s poetry, to Advaita Vedanta, Bhartrhari, Ibn Arabi, Suhrawardi, and Mulla Sadra’s theosophies – Magic is presented as an alternative system of reality to Technic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhile Technic attempts to capture the world through an ‘absolute language’, Magic centres its reconstruction of the world around the notion of the ‘ineffable’ that lies at the heart of existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTechnic and Magic\u003c\/em\u003e is an original philosophical work and a timely cultural intervention. It disturbs our understanding of the structure of reality while restoring it in a new form. This is possibly the most radical act: if we wish to change our world, first we have to change the idea of ‘reality’ that defines it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000759402732,"sku":"9781350044029","price":43.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/18352573482668.jpg?v=1763302541"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/federico-campagna.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}