Unlimit

Rethinking the boundaries between philosophy, aesthetics and arts

Greg Bird, Daniela Calabrò, Dario Giugliano

• Publisher: Mimesis International
• Year: 2018
• eBook ISBN:
  9788869771958
• Topic: Philosophy
• Subtopic: Philosophy History & Theory

Many voices today call for a profound rethinking of European identity. If we wish to answer their call, however, it is necessary to start with a reconsideration of the notion of boundaries, particularly as they are at work in the Mediterranean region. The knowledge and cultural values of the Mediterranean may be the driving force able to overcome the impasse from which Europe seems unable to free itself. This volume focuses on the opportunity to employ Mediterranean knowledge and cultural values as a stimulus for the review of European policies, in the interest of creating a solid bridge between different cultural legacies and over the daunting challenges of our shared future. This means being able to stay – simul – outside and inside the borders, within and beyond the "un"- limit; looking for an image of Europe which finally stops thinking about the Mediterranean as its internal vulnus, as its lesion and contamination. This volume suggests how it is possible to think both inside and outside of borders, combining the 'foreign' forces of promiscuity, exchange, latency, expectancy and hope, with a 'domestic' circulation of thought and knowledge, in the interest of a defense of all cultures and of an egalitarian recognition of the right to dignity.

Table of contents

• Introduction
• Preface
• PART one
• The Mediterranean between myths, religions and philosophy
• Imago Europae/Vulnus Mediterranei
• The Silence of Sirens
• PART two
• The Bounds of Hospitality
• Philosophy beyond border
• On the ‘encroachment’ of the word in Maurice Blanchot
• PART three
• Borderland. Europe at the limit
• From European Union to the Community Euro-Mediterranean
• Racial and Class Borders
• PART four
• Some Preliminary Remarks on a Mediterranean Geopolitical Aesthetics
• From Internationalisation to Creolization
• From geographical to conceptual boundaries
• Migrations of artists and cultural influences in the Renaissance Sicily
• CONTRIBUTORS