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Universalism is collapsing in real time. As Western hegemony wanes, the promise of universal values is unmasked as a parochial inheritance; and as AI systems multiply, universal truths transform into computed artefacts emerging from a particular code and training.

In Concrete Universality, Lorenzo Marsili argues that the choice is not between a bankrupt universalism and an 'anything goes' relativism. He proposes a third path: universality as a practice of worldmaking. Drawing on Chinese philosophy, European thought and the contemporary metaphysics embedded in artificial intelligence and quantum mechanics, Marsili develops the concept of ontopoiesis: the idea that reality is continuously produced through relations and forms of mediation. This approach gives rise to a new political method: 'concrete universality' emerges from situated encounters yet gains planetary resonance, from AI regulation to climate policy. Here, universality is not a static ideal, but an unfinished voyage whose horizons move as humanity moves.

This book is an erudite and impassioned manifesto for a planetary philosophy and a way of weaving together a fragmenting planet, one universal at a time.

Universalism is collapsing in real time. As Western hegemony wanes, the promise of universal values is unmasked as a parochial inheritance; and as AI systems multiply, universal truths transform into computed artefacts emerging from a particular code and training.

In Concrete Universality, Lorenzo Marsili argues that the choice is not between a bankrupt universalism and an 'anything goes' relativism. He proposes a third path: universality as a practice of worldmaking. Drawing on Chinese philosophy, European thought and the contemporary metaphysics embedded in artificial intelligence and quantum mechanics, Marsili develops the concept of ontopoiesis: the idea that reality is continuously produced through relations and forms of mediation. This approach gives rise to a new political method: 'concrete universality' emerges from situated encounters yet gains planetary resonance, from AI regulation to climate policy. Here, universality is not a static ideal, but an unfinished voyage whose horizons move as humanity moves.

This book is an erudite and impassioned manifesto for a planetary philosophy and a way of weaving together a fragmenting planet, one universal at a time.

Über den Autor

Lorenzo Marsili is a philosopher and director of the Berggruen Institute Europe. He is the author of Planetary Politics and other works.

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction: of Nations and Truths
The end of universalism
Geopolitical Enlightenment
If the West is dead, all is allowed
Borges' paradox
Cuius algorithmus, eius veritas
Protocols of Truth
Ontopoiesis

Ontopoiesis
The origins
Mourning the withdrawal of Being: from Eros to the Monotopia
Truth is a betrayal
Creatio ex omnibus
Where befits the moment
But how is the world, truly?, where truths collide
The Tetralemma
So all is transformation?
The phenomenon - the wave
Bartleby's Principle
What is a thing?
Natural and artificial intelligence

Ontology as Practical Philosophy
Protocols
Truth under protocol
A protocol individuates meaning
A protocol creates a subjectivity
Hemispheres
The ethos of universality
Persuasion
Universals are political facts
Concrete universals
Concrete universals summon everyone
Universals are mortal creatures
Geophilosophy
A discourse of the world by the world

Coda: Universality as Method
Universal empire
Universal Republic
The cosmopolitan dilemma
The strength of weak ties
The Acquis Communautaire
The Acquis Universel
I am a part of all I have met
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2026
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe, Philosophie
Jahrhundert: Antike
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781509576234
ISBN-10: 1509576231
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Marsili, Lorenzo
Hersteller: Polity Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 215 x 137 x 16 mm
Von/Mit: Lorenzo Marsili
Erscheinungsdatum: 09.10.2026
Gewicht: 0,222 kg
Artikel-ID: 136964604

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