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Technic and Magic

The Reconstruction of Reality

by Federico Campagna, Prof. Timothy Morton ...

We take for granted that only certain kind 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.Under Technic, the foundations of ... Read more

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We take for granted that only certain kind 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.Under Technic, the foundations of
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Otherworlds

Mediterranean Lessons On Escaping History

by Federico Campagna ...

What can survive the end of the world?In Otherworlds, 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.Chapter by chapter, Campagna chronicles the existential challenges posed by history and the inventive and ... Read more

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What can survive the end of the world?In Otherworlds, 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.Chapter by chapter, Campagna chronicles the existential challenges posed by history and the inventive and
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Prophetic Culture

Recreation For Adolescents

by Federico Campagna, Franco Berardi ...

Selected as one of The Tablet's Books of the Year 2021Throughout 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. Cosmological stories, however, are fragile things. As soon as they lose their ... Read more

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Selected as one of The Tablet's Books of the Year 2021Throughout 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. Cosmological stories, however, are fragile things. As soon as they lose their
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How To Build a World

A Philosophical Guide

by Federico Campagna ...

What if you were marooned amidst an endless ocean, forced to construct a world capable of protecting and sustaining you?In How to Build a World, Federico Campagna invites the reader to join him in a sustained thought experiment, reimagining the most fundamental questions of philosophy, metaphysics and politics as we create our own worlds. From situating our creation amid the rubble of previous ... Read more

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What if you were marooned amidst an endless ocean, forced to construct a world capable of protecting and sustaining you?In How to Build a World, Federico Campagna invites the reader to join him in a sustained thought experiment, reimagining the most fundamental questions of philosophy, metaphysics and politics as we create our own worlds. From situating our creation amid the rubble of previous
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Last Night

Anti-Work, Atheism, Adventure

by Federico Campagna ...

Our secular society seems to have finally found its new God: Work. As technological progress makes human labor superfluous, and over-production destroys both the economy and the planet, Work remains stronger than ever as a mantra of universal submission. This book develops a fully-fledged theory of radical atheism, advocating a disrespectful, opportunist squandering of obedience. By replacing hope ... Read more

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Our secular society seems to have finally found its new God: Work. As technological progress makes human labor superfluous, and over-production destroys both the economy and the planet, Work remains stronger than ever as a mantra of universal submission. This book develops a fully-fledged theory of radical atheism, advocating a disrespectful, opportunist squandering of obedience. By replacing hope
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What We Are Fighting For

A Radical Collective Manifesto

Edited by Federico Campagna, Emanuele Campiglio ...

*Shortlisted for the Bread and Roses Prize, 2013*From the pens of major figures of the anti-austerity movement, comes the first radical, collective manifesto of the new decade.From participatory democracy to media reform, from direct action to communal living, What Are We Fighting For is a bold look at alternatives to the economic, social and political travesty of contemporary capitalism. Chapters ... Read more

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*Shortlisted for the Bread and Roses Prize, 2013*From the pens of major figures of the anti-austerity movement, comes the first radical, collective manifesto of the new decade.From participatory democracy to media reform, from direct action to communal living, What Are We Fighting For is a bold look at alternatives to the economic, social and political travesty of contemporary capitalism. Chapters
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Sex, Ecology, Spirituality

The Spirit of Evolution, Second Edition

by Ken Wilber ...

Hailed as “one of the most significant books ever published,” this work of far-reaching vision is a comprehensive exploration of the evolution of human consciousnessIn this tour de force of scholarship and vision, Ken Wilber traces the course of evolution from matter to life to mind and describes the common patterns that evolution takes in all three of these domains. From the emergence of mind, he ... Read more

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Hailed as “one of the most significant books ever published,” this work of far-reaching vision is a comprehensive exploration of the evolution of human consciousnessIn this tour de force of scholarship and vision, Ken Wilber traces the course of evolution from matter to life to mind and describes the common patterns that evolution takes in all three of these domains. From the emergence of mind, he
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1492

The Year the Four Corners of the Earth Collided

by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto ...

A study of events of 1492 and how they affect the global community of the world of today.The world would end in 1492—so the prophets, soothsayers and stargazers said. They were right. Their world did end. But ours began.In search of the origins of the modern world, 1492 takes readers on a journey around the globe of the time, in the company of real-life travellers, drawing together the threads ... Read more

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A study of events of 1492 and how they affect the global community of the world of today.The world would end in 1492—so the prophets, soothsayers and stargazers said. They were right. Their world did end. But ours began.In search of the origins of the modern world, 1492 takes readers on a journey around the globe of the time, in the company of real-life travellers, drawing together the threads
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Alternating Current

by Octavio Paz ...

In its front-page review of Alternating Current, The New York Times Book Review called Octavio Paz “an intellectual literary one-man band” for his ability to write incisively and with dazzling originality about a wide range of subjects. This collection of his essays is divided into three parts. Part 1 sets forth his credo as an artist and poet, steeped in his knowledge of world literature and ... Read more

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In its front-page review of Alternating Current, The New York Times Book Review called Octavio Paz “an intellectual literary one-man band” for his ability to write incisively and with dazzling originality about a wide range of subjects. This collection of his essays is divided into three parts. Part 1 sets forth his credo as an artist and poet, steeped in his knowledge of world literature and
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A Study of History

Abridgement of Volumes I-VI

by Arnold J. Toynbee ...

Series series Royal Institute of International Affairs
Arnold Toynbee's A Study of History has been acknowledged as one of the greatest achievements of modern scholarship. A ten-volume analysis of the rise and fall of human civilizations, it is a work of breath-taking breadth and vision. D.C. Somervell's abridgement, in two volumes, of this magnificent enterprise, preserves the method, atmosphere, texture, and, in many instances, the very words of the ... Read more

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Arnold Toynbee's A Study of History has been acknowledged as one of the greatest achievements of modern scholarship. A ten-volume analysis of the rise and fall of human civilizations, it is a work of breath-taking breadth and vision. D.C. Somervell's abridgement, in two volumes, of this magnificent enterprise, preserves the method, atmosphere, texture, and, in many instances, the very words of the
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The Alphabet Versus the Goddess

The Conflict Between Word and Image

by Leonard Shlain ...

Series series Compass
This groundbreaking book proposes that the rise of alphabetic literacy reconfigured the human brain and brought about profound changes in history, religion, and gender relations. Making remarkable connections across brain function, myth, and anthropology, Dr. Shlain shows why pre-literate cultures were principally informed by holistic, right-brain modes that venerated the Goddess, images, and ... Read more

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This groundbreaking book proposes that the rise of alphabetic literacy reconfigured the human brain and brought about profound changes in history, religion, and gender relations. Making remarkable connections across brain function, myth, and anthropology, Dr. Shlain shows why pre-literate cultures were principally informed by holistic, right-brain modes that venerated the Goddess, images, and
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The Rise of the West

A History of the Human Community

by William H. McNeill ...

"The most stimulating and fascinating book that has ever set out to recount and explain the whole history of mankind." —H. R. Trevor-Roper, The New York Times Book ReviewThe Rise of the West, winner of the National Book Award for history in 1964, is famous for its ambitious scope and intellectual rigor. In it, McNeill challenges the Spengler-Toynbee view that a number of separate civilizations ... Read more

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"The most stimulating and fascinating book that has ever set out to recount and explain the whole history of mankind." —H. R. Trevor-Roper, The New York Times Book ReviewThe Rise of the West, winner of the National Book Award for history in 1964, is famous for its ambitious scope and intellectual rigor. In it, McNeill challenges the Spengler-Toynbee view that a number of separate civilizations
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