{"product_id":"9781350536388","title":"Otherworlds Mediterranean Lessons On Escaping History","description":"\u003ch1\u003eOtherworlds\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eMediterranean Lessons On Escaping History\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFederico Campagna\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosophy \/ Social\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat can survive the end of the world?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eOtherworlds\u003c\/i\u003e, philosopher Federico Campagna  constructs extraordinary stories and alternative  histories of the Mediterranean, nexus of migrations  and odysseys, ruins and romances, to depict a world in which the imagination is the only engine of survival.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. Alexander 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 and pirates, slaves,  renegades and publishers expand the imaginative  horizons of human possibility through modernity and beyond.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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, \u003ci\u003eOtherworlds \u003c\/i\u003etraces 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\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFederico Campagna\u003c\/b\u003e is an Italian philosopher based in London.  His latest books, Prophetic Culture (Bloomsbury, 2021) and Technic and Magic (Bloomsbury, 2018) explored how  'worlds' can be born, destroyed, and created anew. He is a Lecturer in Intellectual History at the art university ECAL in Lausanne, Associate Fellow at the Warburg Institute in London, and Critical Fellow at the Royal Academy  Schools in London. He is the co-founder of the Italian philosophy publisher Timeo and a director at the Anglo-American radical publisher Verso. He frequently collaborates as  public speaker, podcaster and writer with some of the main international museums,  contemporary art galleries and biennales.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e04 September 2025\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350536388\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e392\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57325437845644,"sku":"9781350536388","price":23.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_a745b8dc-a660-4b54-8bd2-ef64091cf9b9.jpg?v=1789054663","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350536388","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}