Acid Horizon LEPHT HAND - Myth, Nostalgia, and Liberation: Federico Campagna’s 'Otherworlds: Mediterranean Lessons On Escaping History'
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Aug 23, 2025 Federico Campagna, a philosopher and writer, dives into the transformative power of myth in the context of liberation struggles. He challenges the notion of myth as mere escapism, instead revealing its potential as a force for solidarity and political imagination. The discussion touches on Mediterranean narratives, the interplay of myth and materialism in leftist politics, and the ethics of nostalgia. Campagna emphasizes personal resilience and the complexities of societal narratives, urging listeners to find dignity amid chaos.
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Mediterranean Ghostliness As Survival
- The Mediterranean shapes a syncretic, ghostlike sense of belonging where migrants are 'never fully present and never fully absent.'
- Federico reads this detachment as a resource for living with multiple temporalities and identities.
Two Strategies For Mortality
- Ancient myths offer two equivalent strategies for facing mortality: hopefulness and hopelessness.
- These divergent strategies seeded traditions like Christianity and Greek thought.
Alexander As Transcultural Figure
- Alexander becomes a mythic foreigner reinvented by defeated peoples into a questing figure seeking eternal youth.
- Federico traces how those reworkings expose syncretic survival practices across cultures.
