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Caratteristiche, identità culturale, esperienza (ed., 2024), Christopher Nolan (ed., 2024). 2 B01 Anna Masecchia Anna Masecchia Anna Masecchia is Associate Professor at the University of Florence, where she teaches Film History, Film Analysis and Cinema and Visual Culture. Her work focuses on film history and theory, intermediality and visual culture, adopting primarily the Gender Studies perspective. She recently published Agnès Varda: Les plages d’Agnes (2024), Cinema, letteratura, intermedialità (eds. with G. Carluccio, S. Rimini, 2023), Pianeta Varda (eds. with Luca Malavasi, 2022). 00 190 03 20 Agnès Varda; Nouvelle Vague; Art and Technology; Mixed Media 01 06 02 00 03 00 A pioneer of the Nouvelle Vague, an indefatigable experimenter and manipulator of audiovisual materials, and more recently a brilliant creator of exhibitions and installations, Varda succeeded in interpreting the changes of a rapidly transforming world, al¬ways open to encounters with others and to social, aesthetic, and technological innovations. Sustained by an insatiable, encyclopedic passion for images, and by the spirit of a gatherer-glaneuse who knows how to transform the archive into a living entity, an inexhaustible generator of new stories and inventions, her work astonishes with its thematic and formal richness, while retaining an unmistakable “Varda style”.<break/>The essays collected in this book, while seeking to place Varda’s work within its contemporary context, also aim to trace her po¬tential legacy. They bring together scholars who have explored the ways in which Varda engaged with other media and artistic forms, constantly in a state of hybridization. 30 00 A pioneer of the Nouvelle Vague, an indefatigable experimenter and manipulator of audiovisual materials, and more recently a brilliant creator of exhibitions and installations, Varda succeeded in interpreting the changes of a rapidly transforming world, al¬ways open to encounters with others and to social, aesthetic, and technological innovations. Sustained by an insatiable, encyclopedic passion for images, and by the spirit of a gatherer-glaneuse who knows how to transform the archive into a living entity, an inexhaustible generator of new stories and inventions, her work astonishes with its thematic and formal richness, while retaining an unmistakable “Varda style”.<break/>The essays collected in this book, while seeking to place Varda’s work within its contemporary context, also aim to trace her po¬tential legacy. They bring together scholars who have explored the ways in which Varda engaged with other media and artistic forms, constantly in a state of hybridization. 01 00 03 02 This is the cover of the book Agnès Varda. Tales of Images 02 https://mimesisinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/9788869774935.jpg 01 URL https://mimesisinternational.com/ Mimesis International 01 Mimesis International 01 Publisher's website: home page https://mimesisinternational.com/ 02 Publisher's website: webpage for this title https://mimesisinternational.com/agnes-varda-tales-of-images/ Sesto San Giovanni, Italy 04 01 20250625 © 2025 Mimesis International 02 WORLD WORLD 09 Mimesis International 02 Publisher's website: webpage for this product https://mimesisinternational.com/agnes-varda-tales-of-images/ 20 08 20250625 02 18.00 EUR WORLD 02 17.99 GBP WORLD 02 22.99 USD WORLD urn:uuid:480a516a-932e-4a73-a401-cc334c7f6d53 03 01 01 thoth-work-id urn:uuid:1572cea8-8045-45ff-b030-6fd605a80425 01 thoth-publication-id urn:uuid:480a516a-932e-4a73-a401-cc334c7f6d53 15 9788869774966 03 9788869774966 00 EB E107 10 10 01 Series ID 466c7df6-bbdd-47f1-b916-ab6d5b7cf4aa 01 Series URL https://mimesisinternational.com/category/philosophy/ 03 70 01 02 Philosophy 01 01 A Materialist Conception of Knowledge The Colonial Roots of Cognitive Capitalism 1 A01 Bernardo Paci Bernardo Paci Bernardo Paci (Fiesole, 1993) is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Naples “Federico II”. His research focuses on the intersection of critical theory, postcolonial studies, and global intellectual history. He is a member of the Group of Critical Theory of Society at the University of Milan-Bicocca, and has previously authored the book Razzismo, colonialismo e mitologie bianche. La storia rubata di Grande Zimbabwe (2022). 01 eng 00 286 03 20 Colonial capitalism; Exploitation; Modernity; Marxism 01 06 02 00 03 00 This book develops a materialist conception of knowledge by uncovering its entanglement with the history of colonial capitalism. Against accounts that frame cognitive capitalism and the knowledge economy as recent developments, it argues that these formations are rooted in long-standing processes of dispossession, extraction, and exploitation inaugurated during colonial modernity. Drawing on postcolonial critique, Marxian categories, and case studies from New Spain, it reframes concepts such as human capital, intellectual labour, and knowledge accumulation. The work highlights how colonial power structured hierarchies of knowledge through race, labour, and difference, and how these structures persist in contemporary capitalism. Attention is given to struggles over knowledge, from early colonial encounters to present-day resistance against its commodification. This book offers an original contribution to the critique of political economy, proposing a historically grounded account of knowledge as a site of both exploitation and struggle. 30 00 This book develops a materialist conception of knowledge by uncovering its entanglement with the history of colonial capitalism. Against accounts that frame cognitive capitalism and the knowledge economy as recent developments, it argues that these formations are rooted in long-standing processes of dispossession, extraction, and exploitation inaugurated during colonial modernity. Drawing on postcolonial critique, Marxian categories, and case studies from New Spain, it reframes concepts such as human capital, intellectual labour, and knowledge accumulation. The work highlights how colonial power structured hierarchies of knowledge through race, labour, and difference, and how these structures persist in contemporary capitalism. Attention is given to struggles over knowledge, from early colonial encounters to present-day resistance against its commodification. This book offers an original contribution to the critique of political economy, proposing a historically grounded account of knowledge as a site of both exploitation and struggle. 01 00 03 02 This is the cover of the book A Materialist Conception of Knowledge 02 https://mimesisinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/9788869774966.jpg 01 URL https://mimesisinternational.com/ Mimesis International 01 Mimesis International 01 Publisher's website: home page https://mimesisinternational.com/ Sesto San Giovanni, Italy 04 01 20250609 © 2025 Mimesis International 02 WORLD WORLD 09 Mimesis International 20 08 20250609 02 26.00 EUR WORLD 02 25.99 GBP WORLD 02 30.99 USD WORLD urn:uuid:38f6e07f-dbad-4664-9b61-81fc427f072f 03 01 01 thoth-work-id urn:uuid:13af0290-79c9-40eb-8681-a43ce15029c8 01 thoth-publication-id urn:uuid:38f6e07f-dbad-4664-9b61-81fc427f072f 15 9788869775048 03 9788869775048 00 EB E107 10 10 01 Series ID da1b0501-8c8d-4fa7-bb6d-11ebe1540aa1 03 6 01 02 Italian Frame 01 01 Beyond Catastrophes Visions and Perspectives on Post-Anthropocenic Italy 1 B01 Simona Busni Simona Busni Simona Busni is Associate Professor at the University of Catania. She has published widely in national and international journals. She is the author of three books: La voce delle donne. Le sconosciute del melodramma, da Galatea a Lucia Bosè (2018), Michelangelo Antonioni. L’alienista scettico (2019), which received the Limina Award 2020 for Best Italian Film Studies Book, and Tre regine per una corona. ‘The Crown’ e la nuova era del royal biopic (2024). She is Associate PI of the Research Project of National Relevance ‘CAOS — Catastrophes of Southern Italy. Photogénie and Remediation of Natural Disasters’ (PRIN 2022 PNRR). 2 B01 Angela Maiello Angela Maiello Angela Maiello is Senior Researcher at the University of Calabria. She is the author of L’archivio in rete (2015), ‘Gomorra’ — La serie: la famiglia, il potere, lo sguardo del male (2016), and Mondi in serie: l’epoca postmediale delle serie tv (2020). She has co-edited the volumes Virale: il presente al tempo dell’epidemia (2020) and Quasi viventi: il mondo digitale dalla A alla Z (2024). She is the director of Repetita, a book series focused on television series, and serves as coordinator of the editorial board of the scientific journal Fata Morgana. She is the PI of the Research Project of National Relevance ‘CAOS — Catastrophes of Southern Italy: Photogénie and Remediation of Natural Disasters’ (PRIN 2022 PNRR). 01 eng 00 222 03 20 Italy; Climate; Catastrophes; Cinema 01 06 02 00 03 00 The history of the Italian peninsula is characterized by exposure to natural hazards due to geological fragility, intense volcanic and seismic activity, and hydrographic vulnerability associated with the Mediterranean climate. This volume aims to explore how Italian cinema, audiovisual imagery, and visual culture have reflected on this distinctive feature of the Italian territory and landscape. In doing so, it questions the very concept of catastrophe, beginning with its being visible: can catastrophe actually be seen? In what ways can it be represented? And how do images of catastrophe contribute to the development of a collective identity? Through different disciplinary approaches — primarily film studies, but also philosophy and sociology — the volume seeks to offer a new perspective on Italian cinema and visual culture. 30 00 The history of the Italian peninsula is characterized by exposure to natural hazards due to geological fragility, intense volcanic and seismic activity, and hydrographic vulnerability associated with the Mediterranean climate. This volume aims to explore how Italian cinema, audiovisual imagery, and visual culture have reflected on this distinctive feature of the Italian territory and landscape. In doing so, it questions the very concept of catastrophe, beginning with its being visible: can catastrophe actually be seen? In what ways can it be represented? And how do images of catastrophe contribute to the development of a collective identity? Through different disciplinary approaches — primarily film studies, but also philosophy and sociology — the volume seeks to offer a new perspective on Italian cinema and visual culture. 01 00 03 02 This is the cover of the book Beyond Catastrophes 02 https://mimesisinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/mimesis-international-busni-beyond-catastrophes-1.jpg 01 URL https://mimesisinternational.com/ Mimesis International 01 Mimesis International 01 Publisher's website: home page https://mimesisinternational.com/ Sesto San Giovanni, Italy 04 01 20251024 © 2025 Mimesis International 02 WORLD WORLD 09 Mimesis International 20 08 20251024 02 23.00 EUR WORLD 02 25.99 GBP WORLD 02 29.99 USD WORLD urn:uuid:e6cddb8b-750e-4d1d-9fdf-83ac6d389a0e 03 01 01 thoth-work-id urn:uuid:542cba98-b548-4a46-9f15-82f9cf3db1dd 01 thoth-publication-id urn:uuid:e6cddb8b-750e-4d1d-9fdf-83ac6d389a0e 15 9788869774799 03 9788869774799 00 EB E107 10 10 01 Series ID 9a0222e0-0786-45fc-b591-dcd4d30722c8 03 11 01 02 History 01 01 Chess Moves in the Energy Market West German Strategical Use of Energy Trade with the East during the Cold War 1 A01 Anna Maria Scognamiglio Anna Maria Scognamiglio Anna Maria Scognamiglio holds a Ph.D. in Historical Studies from the University of Milan and a Master’s degree in Languages and Intercultural Communication from the University of Naples “L’Orientale”. Her interests for the German and Russian languages and her life experience between Italy and Germany have led her research trajectories, which focus in particular on the evolution of energy trade between the two blocs. 01 eng 00 158 03 20 Cold war; Trade war; Gas; USSR; Geopolitics 01 06 02 00 03 00 In 1984, the Siberian natural gas pipeline was completed on schedule. This was unexpected, given that the pipeline had been a contributing factor in a “trade war” between the USA and Western European countries, led by West Germany, in the previous years. For the first time in two decades, Germany and the wider European community collectively succeeded in asserting their right to freedom of energy choice in their negotiations with the USSR, despite the United States maintaining its trade and energy-related commodities embargo against Moscow.<break/>Chess Moves in the Energy Market is the story of how this happened, how for thirty years West Germany used energy trade as a strategic tool for economic and political rapprochement between East and West, prioritized energy security over Cold War dynamics, and ultimately became dependent on Russian natural gas. 30 00 In 1984, the Siberian natural gas pipeline was completed on schedule. This was unexpected, given that the pipeline had been a contributing factor in a “trade war” between the USA and Western European countries, led by West Germany, in the previous years. For the first time in two decades, Germany and the wider European community collectively succeeded in asserting their right to freedom of energy choice in their negotiations with the USSR, despite the United States maintaining its trade and energy-related commodities embargo against Moscow.<break/>Chess Moves in the Energy Market is the story of how this happened, how for thirty years West Germany used energy trade as a strategic tool for economic and political rapprochement between East and West, prioritized energy security over Cold War dynamics, and ultimately became dependent on Russian natural gas. 01 00 03 02 This is the cover of the book Chess Moves in the Energy Market 02 https://mimesisinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/9788869774799.jpg 01 URL https://mimesisinternational.com/ Mimesis International 01 Mimesis International 01 Publisher's website: home page https://mimesisinternational.com/ Sesto San Giovanni, Italy 04 01 20250609 © 2025 Mimesis International 02 WORLD WORLD 09 Mimesis International 20 08 20250609 02 15.00 EUR WORLD 02 15.99 GBP WORLD 02 19.99 USD WORLD urn:uuid:a40966a9-cd97-4c48-8fdc-b40494f3f2a1 03 01 01 thoth-work-id urn:uuid:2bf5ad14-7a4a-453e-ada2-375d27fc848c 01 thoth-publication-id urn:uuid:a40966a9-cd97-4c48-8fdc-b40494f3f2a1 15 9788869775000 03 9788869775000 00 EB E107 10 10 01 Series ID 466c7df6-bbdd-47f1-b916-ab6d5b7cf4aa 01 Series URL https://mimesisinternational.com/category/philosophy/ 03 72 01 02 Philosophy 01 01 Ethics and the Artificial Image Accountability and Reliability for a New Status of the Visual 1 A01 Veronica Neri Veronica Neri Veronica Neri is Associate Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Pisa, where she teaches Media Ethics. She is a member of the PhD Program Board in Philosophy at the Universities of Pisa and Florence, and serves on the editorial board of the journal “Teoria”. Her latest publications include contributions on the ethics of public communication, advertising and fashion ethics, media ethics, and the ethical implications of visual media and artificial intelligence, published in both national and international journals. 01 eng 00 210 03 93 QD 20 AI; Ethics; Algorithm ethics; Bias 01 06 02 00 03 00 The book focuses on the emerging ethical issues related to the dissemination of images produced by artificial intelligence. With the introduction of generative AI, it has become necessary to rethink the status of the image and the concept of imagination from an ethical perspective. The author discusses, in particular, the role of visual generative AI in advertising communication and in the domain of visual information, focusing on the polarizing power and biasing effects of certain images. Many ethical issues intersect with European regulations concerning technoartificial images, for example in relation to copyright, co-authorship, bias, privacy, liability, etc. In conclusion, a reflection is offered on the fundamental role of ethics in the design of AI and on the ways in which generative AI models are used and brought into relation. The vulnerability of systems and individuals to the risk of an increasingly simulacral reality, and to the anesthetization of our gaze, is analyzed. Will technological progress, then, remain at the service of humanity, fostering ethical awareness, or will it lead us toward uncertainty and radical nihilism? 30 00 The book focuses on the emerging ethical issues related to the dissemination of images produced by artificial intelligence. With the introduction of generative AI, it has become necessary to rethink the status of the image and the concept of imagination from an ethical perspective. The author discusses, in particular, the role of visual generative AI in advertising communication and in the domain of visual information, focusing on the polarizing power and biasing effects of certain images. Many ethical issues intersect with European regulations concerning technoartificial images, for example in relation to copyright, co-authorship, bias, privacy, liability, etc. In conclusion, a reflection is offered on the fundamental role of ethics in the design of AI and on the ways in which generative AI models are used and brought into relation. The vulnerability of systems and individuals to the risk of an increasingly simulacral reality, and to the anesthetization of our gaze, is analyzed. Will technological progress, then, remain at the service of humanity, fostering ethical awareness, or will it lead us toward uncertainty and radical nihilism? 04 00 Premise Chapter 1. The Techno-Artificial Image 1.1. The Visual Turn and New Ethical Scenarios 1.2. The Image Between Natural and Artificial 1.3. Generative Artificial Intelligence and Artificial Images 1.4. Artificial Intelligence and the Facets of Imagination Chapter 2. Imagining and Predicting with (and Through) Artificial Images in the Society of Uncertainty 2.1. Imagining, Predicting and Suggesting in the ‘Artificial’ Society 2.2. Big Data and “Dataism” Between Bias and Cognitive Distortion 2.3. (A)moral Strategies and AI Image Generators Chapter 3. Artificial Images and Horizons of Meaning 3.1. Ethics and Regulations: Data Protection, Transparency, Accountability, and Deception 3.2. (Co)authorship and the Potential Endlessness of a Dialogic Transformative Process 3.3. A New Linguistic Turn? The Role of Prompting Between Ethics, Imagination and Ambiguity 3.4. Ethics by and in Design, and the Concept of Vulnerability 3.5 Risk and Uncertainty Conclusions Bibliography 01 00 03 02 This is the coverimage of the book Ethics and the Artificial Image 02 https://mimesisinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/international-neri-ethics-artificial-image-1.jpg 01 URL https://mimesisinternational.com/ Mimesis International 01 Mimesis International 01 Publisher's website: home page https://mimesisinternational.com/ Sesto San Giovanni, Italy 04 01 20251024 © 2025 Mimesis International 02 WORLD WORLD 09 Mimesis International 20 08 20251024 02 23.00 EUR WORLD urn:uuid:990a1704-f47d-49be-9da3-cc5355354447 03 01 01 thoth-work-id urn:uuid:67e72dbd-f494-4e06-b8b9-c81924f1bb5c 01 thoth-publication-id urn:uuid:990a1704-f47d-49be-9da3-cc5355354447 15 9788869774959 03 9788869774959 00 EB E107 10 10 01 Series ID 466c7df6-bbdd-47f1-b916-ab6d5b7cf4aa 01 Series URL https://mimesisinternational.com/category/philosophy/ 03 69 01 02 Philosophy 01 01 Genesis and Structure of Society Essay on Practical Philosophy 1 A01 Giovanni Gentile Giovanni Gentile Giovanni Gentile (1875-1944), academic, historian of ideas, and politician, is considered the last great Italian philosopher of his era. He played a central role in the epochal school reform of 1923 and founded several institutions that contributed to the development of a ruling class in Italy comparable to that of the great European national powers. His support for Fascism, however, came at great personal cost. His writings covered a wide range of disciplines, including systematic, historical, and philosophical-political works, totaling 55 volumes. 2 B06 Spartaco Pupo Spartaco Pupo 01 eng 00 188 03 20 Practical Philosophy; Society; Humanism 01 06 02 00 03 00 Genesis and Structure of Society, Giovanni Gentile’s last work, was based on a university course and published posthumously in 1946. Between August and September 1943, Gentile proposed it as a means of providing comfort during a period of profound personal and national distress. In addition to fulfilling a special “civic duty” to the “future Italy” to which he had dedicated his life, the work was also intended as a contribution to the broader discourse on the nation’s future. It represents an extension of themes that Gentile had previously addressed, including the relationship between the individual and society, the idea of the State as an inalienable precondition of social life, the primacy of ethics in overcoming particularity, and the importance of human character formation as one of the fundamental tasks of education. But this work is also a significant intellectual testament, introducing original ideas such as the rejection of economics as a mere utilitarian or individualistic mechanism, the affirmation of religion as an intrinsic aspect of moral conduct rather than an imposition, and the advocacy of a “humanism of labor” that, in contrast to the materialistic standpoint, elevates labor as the supreme expression of the human spirit. 30 00 Genesis and Structure of Society, Giovanni Gentile’s last work, was based on a university course and published posthumously in 1946. Between August and September 1943, Gentile proposed it as a means of providing comfort during a period of profound personal and national distress. In addition to fulfilling a special “civic duty” to the “future Italy” to which he had dedicated his life, the work was also intended as a contribution to the broader discourse on the nation’s future. It represents an extension of themes that Gentile had previously addressed, including the relationship between the individual and society, the idea of the State as an inalienable precondition of social life, the primacy of ethics in overcoming particularity, and the importance of human character formation as one of the fundamental tasks of education. But this work is also a significant intellectual testament, introducing original ideas such as the rejection of economics as a mere utilitarian or individualistic mechanism, the affirmation of religion as an intrinsic aspect of moral conduct rather than an imposition, and the advocacy of a “humanism of labor” that, in contrast to the materialistic standpoint, elevates labor as the supreme expression of the human spirit. 01 00 03 02 This is the cover of the book Genesis and Structure of Society 02 https://mimesisinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/9788869774959.jpg 01 URL https://mimesisinternational.com/ Mimesis International 01 Mimesis International 01 Publisher's website: home page https://mimesisinternational.com/ Sesto San Giovanni, Italy 04 01 20250609 © 2025 Mimesis International 02 WORLD WORLD 09 Mimesis International 20 08 20250609 02 17.00 EUR WORLD 02 16.99 GBP WORLD 02 20.99 USD WORLD urn:uuid:3fc9fdb9-5144-4534-9f2c-248e7ca79200 03 01 01 thoth-work-id urn:uuid:55b17d13-7c7b-4d88-b70f-45ec8961c22f 01 thoth-publication-id urn:uuid:3fc9fdb9-5144-4534-9f2c-248e7ca79200 15 9788869775116 03 9788869775116 00 EB E107 10 10 01 Series ID 2054907c-1ac7-4c9e-835b-01916f973f52 03 16 01 02 Atmospheric Spaces 01 01 Genius Loci On Neophenomenology and Hermeneutics of a Multi-Layered Appearance 1 A01 Robert Josef Kozljanič Robert Josef Kozljanič Robert Josef Kozljanicˇ is a life-philosopher. He works as a lecturer, course leader, social worker, author and publisher (www.albunea.de). Since 2005 main editor of the “Jahrbuch für Lebensphilosophie” (“Yearbook of Life-Philosophy”) and since 2025 Professor of Social Work at IU (International University), Nuremberg Campus. He studied philosophy, psychology, anthropology, folklore, German studies at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich. Doctorate in philosophy at the Technical University of Darmstadt (Prof. Dr. Gernot Böhme) on the topic of “The Spirit of a Place – Cultural History and Phenomenology of the Genius Loci” (2 vols, published 2004). 01 eng 93 QD 20 Atmosphere; Neo-Phenomenology; Hermeneutics; Genius Loci 01 06 02 00 03 00 This book introduces the concept, history and phenomenon of the genius loci (spirit of a place). It spans an arc from the Roman concept of “genius loci” to today’s (mainly) neophenomenological debate on the concept of place-based “atmospheres” (H. Schmitz et al.). In this way, the author demonstrates that places with character and “aura” (W. Benjamin) promote a sense of home and local history. He repeatedly explores the question of what this means for urban and landscape planning, and which genius loci-related criteria should be taken into account. Numerous concrete examples and experiences are used to show that two methods are decisive for sensing and deciphering places that have an impact on our lifeworld: the neophenomenological and the hermeneutic. This means that a diachronic historical-hermeneutic approach is used alongside the synchronous bodily-phenomenological approach. Finally, the author revises Hermann Schmitz’s aesthetic-phenomenological method. With reference to Bettina von Arnim, Ludwig Klages and Tonino Griffero, he develops a three-step process – a pathic dialogue with nature: resonating – corresponding – poeticising. 30 00 This book introduces the concept, history and phenomenon of the genius loci (spirit of a place). It spans an arc from the Roman concept of “genius loci” to today’s (mainly) neophenomenological debate on the concept of place-based “atmospheres” (H. Schmitz et al.). In this way, the author demonstrates that places with character and “aura” (W. Benjamin) promote a sense of home and local history. He repeatedly explores the question of what this means for urban and landscape planning, and which genius loci-related criteria should be taken into account. Numerous concrete examples and experiences are used to show that two methods are decisive for sensing and deciphering places that have an impact on our lifeworld: the neophenomenological and the hermeneutic. This means that a diachronic historical-hermeneutic approach is used alongside the synchronous bodily-phenomenological approach. Finally, the author revises Hermann Schmitz’s aesthetic-phenomenological method. With reference to Bettina von Arnim, Ludwig Klages and Tonino Griffero, he develops a three-step process – a pathic dialogue with nature: resonating – corresponding – poeticising. 01 URL https://mimesisinternational.com/ Mimesis International 01 Mimesis International 01 Publisher's website: home page https://mimesisinternational.com/ Sesto San Giovanni (MI), Italy 04 01 20251205 © 2025 Mimesis International 02 WORLD WORLD 09 Mimesis International 20 08 20251205 01 urn:uuid:536efc23-a18d-435f-a651-664bc0bca2d7 03 01 01 thoth-work-id urn:uuid:9410df3f-b023-4d24-aacf-b77d8c2bb1a1 01 thoth-publication-id urn:uuid:536efc23-a18d-435f-a651-664bc0bca2d7 15 9788869774843 03 9788869774843 00 EB E107 10 10 01 Series ID 466c7df6-bbdd-47f1-b916-ab6d5b7cf4aa 01 Series URL https://mimesisinternational.com/category/philosophy/ 03 67 01 02 Philosophy 01 01 Hardwired Psychology and Moral Change Evolution and the limits of human cognition and cooperation 1 A01 Federico Bina Federico Bina Federico Bina is Research Fellow in Philosophy and Adjunct Professor of Philosophy of Biology at the University of Genoa. He works on theoretical, practical and experimental ethics, the psychology of moral values and decision-making, the philosophy of evolutionary theory, and the social epistemology of trust. He holds a Ph.D. from S. Raffaele University (Milan) and has been Visiting Research Fellow at the Faculty of Psychology of Harvard University. 01 eng 00 160 03 93 QD 20 Evolutionary psychology; Technology; Social psychology; Cognition 01 06 02 00 03 00 Evolutionary psychology claims that human cognition results from adaptations to ancestral environments. We have computational limits that make us myopic because farsighted traits made no sense when humans had limited technologies and chances of interaction. We are biased and tribalistic because in small, closely genetically related tribal groups, limited prosocial traits like kin altruism and in-group reciprocity increased survival and reproduction, while greater inclusivity and cooperation was costly and dangerous. Several scholars argue that shortsightedness and tribalism are rigidly embedded in our genes and hard-wired into our brains: in a world that changed dramatically and rapidly, our Stone Age minds struggle to address problems that are vastly different from those they evolved to meet. This book challenges the view that human psychology is fixed by our evolutionary past, highlighting the fallacies of an adaptationist approach to the moral mind. Human cognition has changed significantly since the Pleistocene, especially over the last few centuries and decades. There is no fixed and universal psychology, and no reason to believe that further shifts toward greater cooperation, inclusivity, and trust cannot occur in the future.Federico Bina is Research Fellow in Philosophy and Adjunct Professor of Philosophy of Biology at the University of Genoa. He works on theoretical, practical and experimental ethics, the psychology of moral values and decision-making, the philosophy of evolutionary theory, and the social epistemology of trust. He holds a Ph.D. from S. Raffaele University (Milan) and has been Visiting Research Fellow at the Faculty of Psychology of Harvard University. 30 00 Evolutionary psychology claims that human cognition results from adaptations to ancestral environments. We have computational limits that make us myopic because farsighted traits made no sense when humans had limited technologies and chances of interaction. We are biased and tribalistic because in small, closely genetically related tribal groups, limited prosocial traits like kin altruism and in-group reciprocity increased survival and reproduction, while greater inclusivity and cooperation was costly and dangerous. Several scholars argue that shortsightedness and tribalism are rigidly embedded in our genes and hard-wired into our brains: in a world that changed dramatically and rapidly, our Stone Age minds struggle to address problems that are vastly different from those they evolved to meet. This book challenges the view that human psychology is fixed by our evolutionary past, highlighting the fallacies of an adaptationist approach to the moral mind. Human cognition has changed significantly since the Pleistocene, especially over the last few centuries and decades. There is no fixed and universal psychology, and no reason to believe that further shifts toward greater cooperation, inclusivity, and trust cannot occur in the future.Federico Bina is Research Fellow in Philosophy and Adjunct Professor of Philosophy of Biology at the University of Genoa. He works on theoretical, practical and experimental ethics, the psychology of moral values and decision-making, the philosophy of evolutionary theory, and the social epistemology of trust. He holds a Ph.D. from S. Raffaele University (Milan) and has been Visiting Research Fellow at the Faculty of Psychology of Harvard University. 01 00 03 02 This is the coverimage of the book Hardwired Psychology and Moral Change 02 https://mimesisinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/9788869774843.jpg 01 URL https://mimesisinternational.com/ Mimesis International 01 Mimesis International 01 Publisher's website: home page https://mimesisinternational.com/ Sesto San Giovanni, Italy 04 01 20250609 © 2025 Mimesis International 02 WORLD WORLD 09 Mimesis International 20 08 20250609 02 16.00 EUR WORLD 02 15.99 GBP WORLD 02 19.99 USD WORLD urn:uuid:34b7d765-cb4b-47ea-bbfa-c8ac9be9ebed 03 01 01 thoth-work-id urn:uuid:eb6d17ef-cf44-48e4-8e2c-dffdabca2350 01 thoth-publication-id urn:uuid:34b7d765-cb4b-47ea-bbfa-c8ac9be9ebed 15 9788869774928 03 9788869774928 00 EB E107 10 10 01 Series ID c723914f-6c23-4a01-907c-9f4b862527d7 01 Series URL https://mimesisinternational.com/category/hasekura-league-intercultural-studies-editions/ 03 8 01 02 Hasekura League Intercultural Studies Editions 01 01 Naraku Discord, Dysfunction, Dystopia 1 B01 Christopher Craig Christopher Craig Christopher Craig is Professor of Japanese Studies and Head of Research and International Development at the Center for Integrated Japanese Studies at Tohoku University. He published the monograph Middlemen of Modernity: Local Elites and Agricultural Development in Modern Japan with the University of Hawai’i Press in 2021 and has edited eight volumes in the Hasekura Intercultural Studies Series with Mimesis International. 2 B01 Olga Kopylova Olga Kopylova Olga Kopylova defended her PhD thesis on media mix and adaptations at the Graduate School of Manga Studies at Kyoto Seika University. She is currently employed as a translator and a lecturer at the Faculty of Arts and Letters, Tohoku University (with courses on contemporary Japanese popular culture). Her research interests include comparative media studies, fandom studies, adaptation studies, and narratology of popular media texts. 01 eng 00 320 03 20 Japan; Naraku; Great East Japan Earthquake; Disaster 01 06 02 00 03 00 The Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami of March 11, 2011 was a complex event. It was a disaster of multiple dimensions, unleashing the linked forces of seismic shock, tsunami, and nuclear radiation. This confluence left a varied array of damage in its wake. The personal traumas of death and loss combined with the social trauma of ruptured families, the economic trauma resulting from the physical destruction, and the psychic trauma arising from an uncertain future. <break/>Such a complex disaster demands a multifaceted exploration into its nature, implications, and meaning. The essays in this collection cross academic and geographic boundaries to explore the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami from a wide range of perspectives and to apply the analytical and interpretive tools of multiple disciplines to the study of the disaster and the various forms of trauma it inflicted. 30 00 The Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami of March 11, 2011 was a complex event. It was a disaster of multiple dimensions, unleashing the linked forces of seismic shock, tsunami, and nuclear radiation. This confluence left a varied array of damage in its wake. The personal traumas of death and loss combined with the social trauma of ruptured families, the economic trauma resulting from the physical destruction, and the psychic trauma arising from an uncertain future. <break/>Such a complex disaster demands a multifaceted exploration into its nature, implications, and meaning. The essays in this collection cross academic and geographic boundaries to explore the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami from a wide range of perspectives and to apply the analytical and interpretive tools of multiple disciplines to the study of the disaster and the various forms of trauma it inflicted. 01 00 03 02 This is the cover of the book Naraku 02 https://mimesisinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/9788869774928-1.jpg 01 URL https://mimesisinternational.com/ Mimesis International 01 Mimesis International 01 Publisher's website: home page https://mimesisinternational.com/ Sesto San Giovanni, Italy 04 01 20250304 © Mimesis International 02 WORLD WORLD 09 Mimesis International 20 08 20250304 02 28.00 EUR WORLD 02 34.99 GBP WORLD 02 28.99 USD WORLD urn:uuid:f50b9426-0b0f-4923-8a24-b5e48c4cc645 03 01 01 thoth-work-id urn:uuid:d006074c-04a6-4a90-9aea-6b2a04840e03 01 thoth-publication-id urn:uuid:f50b9426-0b0f-4923-8a24-b5e48c4cc645 15 9788869774980 03 9788869774980 00 EB E107 10 10 01 Series ID 3619b417-136f-4e40-ac05-cf8d1ce4949c 03 25 01 02 Politics 01 01 The Critique of Labour in the Neoliberal Era On the Metamorphoses of a Concept between Pathology and Power 1 A01 Nicolò Maria Ingarra Nicolò Maria Ingarra Nicolò Maria Ingarra, PhD in Global Studies, is currently a research fellow at the University of Macerata, where he collaborates with the Chair of Political Philosophy. His research focuses on contemporary metamorphoses of labour, gender studies, and the critical analysis of structural forms of discrimination. He has published essays and academic articles on the philosophy of labour, biopolitics, and intersectionality. 01 eng 00 250 03 20 Neo-liberism; Global Studies; algorithmic governance; Labour 01 06 02 00 03 00 Labour shapes contemporary life not only as an activity or institution, but as a mode of thought — a framework that organises time, structures society, and defines value. This book examines labour as a political force that produces subjectivity and sustains social legitimacy, moving beyond its conventional economic definitions. It develops a critical method to trace labour’s conceptual metamorphoses, analyse its contemporary crises, and open space for alternative imaginaries. In the age of algorithmic governance, fractured subjectivities, and performative selfhood, this is an invitation to pause: not to reject labour, but to rethink its centrality, trace its boundaries, and approach its transformations as a site of struggle, critique, and possibility. 30 00 Labour shapes contemporary life not only as an activity or institution, but as a mode of thought — a framework that organises time, structures society, and defines value. This book examines labour as a political force that produces subjectivity and sustains social legitimacy, moving beyond its conventional economic definitions. It develops a critical method to trace labour’s conceptual metamorphoses, analyse its contemporary crises, and open space for alternative imaginaries. In the age of algorithmic governance, fractured subjectivities, and performative selfhood, this is an invitation to pause: not to reject labour, but to rethink its centrality, trace its boundaries, and approach its transformations as a site of struggle, critique, and possibility. 01 00 03 02 This is the cover of the book The Critique of Labour in the Neoliberal Era 02 https://mimesisinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/politics-ingarra-critique-labour-neoliberal-era.jpg 01 URL https://mimesisinternational.com/ Mimesis International 01 Mimesis International 01 Publisher's website: home page https://mimesisinternational.com/ Sesto San Giovanni, Italy 04 01 20250901 © 2025 Mimesis International 02 WORLD WORLD 09 Mimesis International 20 08 20250901 02 25.00 EUR WORLD 02 27.99 GBP WORLD 02 31.99 USD WORLD urn:uuid:a43b40ae-f3fe-4d05-97f4-054c6eb593b2 03 01 01 thoth-work-id urn:uuid:aca4b61a-c8f6-4c64-86ae-3cc37d3dcb38 01 thoth-publication-id urn:uuid:a43b40ae-f3fe-4d05-97f4-054c6eb593b2 15 9788869775086 03 9788869775086 00 EB E107 10 10 01 Series ID a856bd5e-5123-448a-95c2-8677e4fb4e27 03 18 01 02 Sociology 01 01 The Making of Global Exploitation Chains Farmers, Workers, and Export-oriented Horticulture in Tanzania 1 A01 Fabio De Blasis Fabio De Blasis Fabio De Blasis is a researcher with a PhD in Global and International Studies (University of Bologna). He has held postdoctoral positions at the Universities of Urbino and Milan. His work spans labour in global production networks, development and poverty-reduction policies and trajectories, and international migration, with extensive field research across sub-Saharan Africa. 01 eng 00 218 03 20 Sociology; sub-Saharan Africa; Exploitation; Workers 01 06 02 00 03 00 In recent years, export horticulture for European markets has been promoted across sub-Saharan Africa as a rural development strategy. International donors and local governments argue that expanding fruit-and-vegetable exports can spur economic transformation and reduce poverty—by linking smallholders to exporters and European supermarkets through contract farming, and by creating wage employment in farms and packhouses. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in Tanzania, this book challenges that narrative, revealing widespread exploitation within supermarket-driven supply chains, alongside deepening rural inequalities and forms of resistance. Foregrounding the dynamics of unequal incorporation, it advances the concept of global exploitation chains: vertically coordinated systems that systematically shift risks and costs downward—from supermarkets in the Global North to exporters, to farmers, and ultimately onto the most vulnerable in the Global South, namely (female) workers impoverished by decades of failed development policies. Ultimately, the book offers fresh insights into agrarian transformation and uneven development trajectories in sub-Saharan Africa under globalisation. 30 00 In recent years, export horticulture for European markets has been promoted across sub-Saharan Africa as a rural development strategy. International donors and local governments argue that expanding fruit-and-vegetable exports can spur economic transformation and reduce poverty—by linking smallholders to exporters and European supermarkets through contract farming, and by creating wage employment in farms and packhouses. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in Tanzania, this book challenges that narrative, revealing widespread exploitation within supermarket-driven supply chains, alongside deepening rural inequalities and forms of resistance. Foregrounding the dynamics of unequal incorporation, it advances the concept of global exploitation chains: vertically coordinated systems that systematically shift risks and costs downward—from supermarkets in the Global North to exporters, to farmers, and ultimately onto the most vulnerable in the Global South, namely (female) workers impoverished by decades of failed development policies. Ultimately, the book offers fresh insights into agrarian transformation and uneven development trajectories in sub-Saharan Africa under globalisation. 01 00 03 02 This is the cover of the book The Making of Global Exploitation Chains 02 https://mimesisinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/international-sociology-de-blasis-marking-global-exploitation-chains.jpg 01 URL https://mimesisinternational.com/ Mimesis International 01 Mimesis International 01 Publisher's website: home page https://mimesisinternational.com/ Sesto San Giovanni, Italy 04 01 20251107 © 2025 Mimesis International 02 WORLD WORLD 09 Mimesis International 20 08 20251107 02 22.00 EUR WORLD 02 24.99 GBP WORLD 02 28.99 USD WORLD urn:uuid:11321feb-6753-47d1-b44d-271b750eab18 03 01 01 thoth-work-id urn:uuid:bcaff865-6959-493a-9116-686defcc8c80 01 thoth-publication-id urn:uuid:11321feb-6753-47d1-b44d-271b750eab18 15 9788869774997 03 9788869774997 00 EB E107 10 10 01 Series ID 8974cfca-fa33-41cd-9626-d5324fe6afbf 03 1 01 02 Cultural History of Science 01 01 The Nature of the Risorgimento Science, Environment and Nation-Building in Nineteenth-Century Italy 1 A01 Zoe Lauri Zoe Lauri Zoe Lauri is a postdoctoral researcher in History of Science at the Department of Philosophy of the University of Bologna, where she works on the musealisation of Italy’s historical-scientific heritage during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. She obtained her PhD from the European University Institute (EUI) with a dissertation investigating the relationship between knowledge production about Italian nature and the process of nation-building. 01 eng 00 330 03 20 Risorgimento; Bel Paese; Italy; Nature; landscape 01 06 02 00 03 00 Following Italy’s unification in 1861, the new state faced the complex task of achieving political, administrative and cultural cohesion, which also required a unified body of knowledge about the national territory and its natural environment. This book explores how knowledge of Italian nature was produced, circulated, and institutionalised in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as part of the broader nationbuilding project, and how it contributed to the symbolic and material construction of the nation. Scientists played a crucial role in articulating a naturalistic unity of the peninsula, mapping its resources, and defining the idea of a distinct ‘Italian’ landscape. Through a critical analysis of scientific practices, actors, and institutions, the study reveals how Italian nature served as a symbol of national identity, an instrument of political legitimacy, and a means of shaping and consolidating a shared vision of Italy as Il Bel Paese – an image that remains deeply embedded in the country’s cultural imagination today. 30 00 Following Italy’s unification in 1861, the new state faced the complex task of achieving political, administrative and cultural cohesion, which also required a unified body of knowledge about the national territory and its natural environment. This book explores how knowledge of Italian nature was produced, circulated, and institutionalised in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as part of the broader nationbuilding project, and how it contributed to the symbolic and material construction of the nation. Scientists played a crucial role in articulating a naturalistic unity of the peninsula, mapping its resources, and defining the idea of a distinct ‘Italian’ landscape. Through a critical analysis of scientific practices, actors, and institutions, the study reveals how Italian nature served as a symbol of national identity, an instrument of political legitimacy, and a means of shaping and consolidating a shared vision of Italy as Il Bel Paese – an image that remains deeply embedded in the country’s cultural imagination today. 01 00 03 02 This is the cover of the book The Nature of the Risorgimento 02 https://mimesisinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/international-lauri-nature-risorgimento-scaled.jpg 01 URL https://mimesisinternational.com/ Mimesis International 01 Mimesis International 01 Publisher's website: home page https://mimesisinternational.com/ Sesto San Giovanni, Italy 04 01 20250901 © 2025 Mimesis International 02 WORLD WORLD 09 Mimesis International 20 08 20250901 02 28.00 EUR WORLD 02 30.99 GBP WORLD 02 34.99 USD WORLD urn:uuid:24bfa35b-e332-4054-bddb-d12f7ae3d278 03 01 01 thoth-work-id urn:uuid:fbaf060b-e235-4893-b16c-66e0fbba9845 01 thoth-publication-id urn:uuid:24bfa35b-e332-4054-bddb-d12f7ae3d278 15 9788869774911 03 9788869774911 00 BC 10 01 210 mm 01 21 cm 01 8.27 in 02 140 mm 02 14 cm 02 5.51 in 10 01 Series ID 34d6cb1e-6233-4674-a039-05eee0a50321 03 8 01 02 Psychology 01 01 The Power of Stories An Interdisciplinary Approach in Addressing Gender Bias 1 B01 Valeria Cammarata Valeria Cammarata Valeria Cammarata teaches Comparative Literature, Gender Studies, and Cultural Studies at the University of Palermo. 2 B01 Giuseppina D'addelfio Giuseppina D'addelfio Giuseppina D’Addelfio teaches General and Social Pedagogy and Philosophy of Education at the University of Palermo. 3 B01 Maria Stella Epifanio Maria Stella Epifanio Maria Stella Epifanio teaches Dynamic Psychology at the University of Palermo. 4 B01 Maria Rita Infurna Maria Rita Infurna Maria Rita Infurna teaches Dynamic Psychology at the University of Palermo. 5 B01 Sabina La Grutta Sabina La Grutta Sabina La Grutta teaches Developmental Psychopatology at the University of Palermo. 6 B01 Lavinia Spalanca Lavinia Spalanca Lavinia Spalanca teaches Italian Literature at the University of Palermo. 7 B01 Maria Vinciguerra Maria Vinciguerra Maria Vinciguerra teaches General and Social Pedagogy, Methods of Pedagogical Research and Family Pedagogy at the University of Palermo. 01 eng 00 186 03 20 Gender Studies; Pedagogy; Bell Hooks; Elena Ferrante 01 06 02 00 01 00 03 02 This is the cover of the book The Power of Stories 02 https://mimesisinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/9788869774911.jpg 01 URL https://mimesisinternational.com/ Mimesis International 01 Mimesis International 01 Publisher's website: home page https://mimesisinternational.com/ Sesto san Giovanni, Italy 04 01 20250609 © 2025 Mimesis International 02 WORLD WORLD 09 Mimesis International 20 08 20250609 02 17.00 EUR WORLD 02 19.00 GBP WORLD 02 22.00 USD WORLD urn:uuid:8b674437-9420-4b59-b6d8-6b118bb0ab10 03 01 01 thoth-work-id urn:uuid:658c8915-4ccf-489c-b1c5-d7456618fde9 01 thoth-publication-id urn:uuid:8b674437-9420-4b59-b6d8-6b118bb0ab10 15 9788869775017 03 9788869775017 00 EB E107 10 10 01 Series ID 9e227243-c65d-442f-927d-4686982b0ea1 03 8 01 02 Architecture 01 01 The Quest for Empathic Architecture Prospects, Concepts and Critical Aspects 1 A01 Paola Gregory Paola Gregory Paola Gregory is Professor of Architectural Composition at the Polytechnic of Turin and member of the teaching staff of the PhD in “Architecture. Theory and Design” at the Sapienza University of Rome. Interested in the theoretical-design developments of architecture, she has focused her research on two main areas of study, characterized by a transdisciplinary approach: the implications of a “landscape dimension of architecture” and the developments of theoretical-critical-design thinking from the 1960s to the present-day. 01 eng 00 224 03 20 Empathy; Architecture; Emotional Turn; Spatial Turn 01 06 02 00 03 00 Starting from the emotional turn in the understanding of reality, the book retraces some thematic core concepts of aesthetic, philosophical and neuroscientific thought that have thematized empathy as a fundamental way of relating to otherness. From this point of view, we can consider the relationship between us and architecture, rethought as an incorporated medium of our emotional experience, where empathy –as a multi-component experience, characterized by both an affective response towards the other and the cognitive capacity to assume the subjective perspective of the other person – opens the space to the other-than-self. The transition from object to experience in rethinking the work of architecture in terms of relationship and no longer of simple form therefore appears crucial, because it means considering as a priority function of architecture something that does not belong to the work itself but to its consequences, the emotions and behaviors that can be engendered in the users. 30 00 Starting from the emotional turn in the understanding of reality, the book retraces some thematic core concepts of aesthetic, philosophical and neuroscientific thought that have thematized empathy as a fundamental way of relating to otherness. From this point of view, we can consider the relationship between us and architecture, rethought as an incorporated medium of our emotional experience, where empathy –as a multi-component experience, characterized by both an affective response towards the other and the cognitive capacity to assume the subjective perspective of the other person – opens the space to the other-than-self. The transition from object to experience in rethinking the work of architecture in terms of relationship and no longer of simple form therefore appears crucial, because it means considering as a priority function of architecture something that does not belong to the work itself but to its consequences, the emotions and behaviors that can be engendered in the users. 01 00 03 02 This is the cover of the book The Quest for Empathic Architecture 02 https://mimesisinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/international-architecture-gregory-quest-empathic-architecture.jpg 01 URL https://mimesisinternational.com/ Mimesis International 01 Mimesis International 01 Publisher's website: home page https://mimesisinternational.com/ Sesto San Giovanni, Italy 04 01 20251107 © 2025 Mimesis International 02 WORLD WORLD 09 Mimesis International 20 08 20251107 02 23.00 EUR WORLD 02 25.99 GBP WORLD 02 29.99 USD WORLD urn:uuid:b300fa5d-9cb7-4242-b864-9d635b2b8061 03 01 01 thoth-work-id urn:uuid:b3fb1e85-83b7-41d9-a346-d56fb84ef5d8 01 thoth-publication-id urn:uuid:b300fa5d-9cb7-4242-b864-9d635b2b8061 15 9788869774973 03 9788869774973 00 EB E107 10 10 01 Series ID 466c7df6-bbdd-47f1-b916-ab6d5b7cf4aa 01 Series URL https://mimesisinternational.com/category/philosophy/ 03 71 01 02 Philosophy 01 01 The Virtuous Patient Cultivating Character Amidst Adversity 1 A01 Elena Ricci Elena Ricci Elena Ricci is postdoctoral fellow at the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa, adjunct professor at the European University of Rome, coordinator and lecturer in the Master’s program in Psychology and Ethics of Palliative Care at the same University. Since 2016, she collaborates with the interuniversity research center ARETAI. Her research interests include virtue ethics applied to healthcare, care ethics, medical ethics, the ethics of emerging technologies, character education, and nudging. 01 eng 00 196 03 20 Suffering; Disability; Patient; Caregiver; Moral Philosophy 01 06 02 00 03 00 Despite the significance of suffering, illness, and disability, for long time little attention has been devoted to the moral flourishing of individuals living with chronic diseases. Instead, philosophers have primarily focus on examining healthcare providers’ virtues as well as those traits that are relevant to patient-caregiver relationships. This work aims to prioritize patients’ experiences, exploring the compatibility between illness and individual moral progress, while also identifying virtues that can help them in coping with their condition and enhancing their overall well-being. In summary, the book offers a nuanced understanding of the role of character in fostering functional coping and positive adaptation and promoting “illfullness”, the flourishing of the sick person amidst their illness. 30 00 Despite the significance of suffering, illness, and disability, for long time little attention has been devoted to the moral flourishing of individuals living with chronic diseases. Instead, philosophers have primarily focus on examining healthcare providers’ virtues as well as those traits that are relevant to patient-caregiver relationships. This work aims to prioritize patients’ experiences, exploring the compatibility between illness and individual moral progress, while also identifying virtues that can help them in coping with their condition and enhancing their overall well-being. In summary, the book offers a nuanced understanding of the role of character in fostering functional coping and positive adaptation and promoting “illfullness”, the flourishing of the sick person amidst their illness. 01 00 03 02 This is the cover of the book The Virtuous Patient 02 https://mimesisinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/international-ricci-virtuous-patient-1.jpg 01 URL https://mimesisinternational.com/ Mimesis International 01 Mimesis International 01 Publisher's website: home page https://mimesisinternational.com/ Sesto San Giovanni, Italy 04 01 20251024 © 2025 Mimesis International 02 WORLD WORLD 09 Mimesis International 20 08 20251024 02 20.00 EUR WORLD 02 20.99 GBP WORLD 02 26.99 USD WORLD urn:uuid:c1c9af7c-9f94-4c0a-a42a-ec8240d35e26 03 01 01 thoth-work-id urn:uuid:f3cfb37b-f70f-4637-bf67-1951f931c7f3 01 thoth-publication-id urn:uuid:c1c9af7c-9f94-4c0a-a42a-ec8240d35e26 15 9788869774942 03 9788869774942 00 EB E107 10 10 01 Series ID 2c87fdda-57dd-4a34-bd16-37c44c265cc9 03 3 01 02 Design Meanings 01 01 Updating Roland Barthes’ Mythologies Positionen aus Design, Architektur und Kunst 1 B01 Hans Leo Höger Hans Leo Höger Hans Leo Höger ist Professor für Theorie und Geschichte der Gestaltung und der Kommunikation an der Freien Universität Bozen. Zuvor war er sechs Jahre lang Fachlicher Leiter und Geschäftsführer des German Design Council in Frankfurt am Main. Im Anschluss daran arbeitete er als Berater mit den Schwerpunkten Research & Strategy, Kommunikation und Studio Management für Michele De Lucchi in Mailand. Parallel dazu unterrichtete er an der Mailänder Wirtschaftsuniversität Luigi Bocconi. Als Autor und Forscher widmet er sich Themen der Gestaltung im Spannungsfeld zwischen Wirtschaft, Kultur und Gesellschaft. 01 ger 00 276 03 20 Roland Barthes; Mythologies; Design 01 06 02 00 03 00 In Anlehnung an Roland Barthes’ Mythologies von 1957 widmet sich dieses Buch dem Vorhaben, fast sieben Jahrzehnte nach Erscheinen des berühmten Klassikers heutige Mythen des Alltags zu benennen und näher zu erkunden. Diese ‚Aktualisierung’ aus Sicht des 21. Jahrunderts geschieht – wie damals bei Barthes selbst – in Form kurzer, pointierter Texte zu Alltagsphänomenen der Gegenwart. Die mehr als 30 Autorinnen aus dem In- und Ausland konzentrieren sich dabei auf Themen und Fragestellungen, die den Bereichen Design, Architektur, Kunst und Umwelt zugeordnet sind oder für diese in besonderer Weise relevant erscheinen: Gestalterinnen und Gestalter sind zum einen die Urheberinnen der versammelten Beiträge. Zum anderen zählen Interessierte an Fragen des Designs, der Kunst und generell der Umweltgestaltung – darunter insbesondere Studierende – zur vorrangigen Zielgruppe dieses Projekts. 30 00 In Anlehnung an Roland Barthes’ Mythologies von 1957 widmet sich dieses Buch dem Vorhaben, fast sieben Jahrzehnte nach Erscheinen des berühmten Klassikers heutige Mythen des Alltags zu benennen und näher zu erkunden. Diese ‚Aktualisierung’ aus Sicht des 21. Jahrunderts geschieht – wie damals bei Barthes selbst – in Form kurzer, pointierter Texte zu Alltagsphänomenen der Gegenwart. Die mehr als 30 Autorinnen aus dem In- und Ausland konzentrieren sich dabei auf Themen und Fragestellungen, die den Bereichen Design, Architektur, Kunst und Umwelt zugeordnet sind oder für diese in besonderer Weise relevant erscheinen: Gestalterinnen und Gestalter sind zum einen die Urheberinnen der versammelten Beiträge. Zum anderen zählen Interessierte an Fragen des Designs, der Kunst und generell der Umweltgestaltung – darunter insbesondere Studierende – zur vorrangigen Zielgruppe dieses Projekts. 01 00 03 02 This is the cover of the book Updating Roland Barthes’ Mythologies 02 https://mimesisinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Design-meanings-Hoger-Updating-Roland-Barthes-Mythologies-ok-1.jpg 01 URL https://mimesisinternational.com/ Mimesis International 01 Mimesis International 01 Publisher's website: home page https://mimesisinternational.com/ Sesto San Giovanni, Italy 04 01 20250901 © 2025 Mimesis International 02 WORLD WORLD 09 Mimesis International 20 08 20250901 02 26.00 EUR WORLD 02 28.99 GBP WORLD 02 32.99 USD WORLD urn:uuid:30bfc3e5-a103-480b-b083-7c598c44aaea 03 01 01 thoth-work-id urn:uuid:53cd7b00-fd7e-45ee-88a7-19c6432ff60d 01 thoth-publication-id urn:uuid:30bfc3e5-a103-480b-b083-7c598c44aaea 15 9788869775024 03 9788869775024 00 EB E107 10 10 01 Series ID a856bd5e-5123-448a-95c2-8677e4fb4e27 03 17 01 02 Sociology 01 01 When Science Belongs to Everyone A Sociological Exploration of the Innovative Process of Citizen Science 1 A01 Noemi Crescentini Noemi Crescentini Noemi Crescentini is a PhD in Social Sciences and Statistics. She is a postdoctoral researcher and contract lecturer in the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Naples Federico II. She has also conducted research as a visiting scholar at the Citizen Science Competence Centre, which is affiliated with the University of Zurich and the ETH Zurich. Her research interests lie in the social studies of science and technology, scientific and health communication and social research methodology. 01 eng 00 176 03 20 Science; Technology; Citizen Science; Science and Technology 01 06 02 00 03 00 Science and technology have become inextricably intertwined with people’s daily lives, profoundly influencing social relations, habits, lifestyles and work activities, and exerting a substantial influence on public opinion. In response to these changes, institutions are required to reformulate communication models and knowledge governance strategies. In this scenario, Citizen Science emerges as a participatory tool that actively involves citizens in scientific production, thereby redefining the concept of openness in science and promoting more inclusive forms of knowledge construction. The present study proposes a sociological reflection on these dynamics, investigating the Italian case through a mixed methodological approach. The analysis focuses on the potential of Citizen Science to contribute to the definition of public policies, highlighting the social and political implications of this participatory change. 30 00 Science and technology have become inextricably intertwined with people’s daily lives, profoundly influencing social relations, habits, lifestyles and work activities, and exerting a substantial influence on public opinion. In response to these changes, institutions are required to reformulate communication models and knowledge governance strategies. In this scenario, Citizen Science emerges as a participatory tool that actively involves citizens in scientific production, thereby redefining the concept of openness in science and promoting more inclusive forms of knowledge construction. The present study proposes a sociological reflection on these dynamics, investigating the Italian case through a mixed methodological approach. The analysis focuses on the potential of Citizen Science to contribute to the definition of public policies, highlighting the social and political implications of this participatory change. 01 00 03 02 This is the cover of the book When Science Belongs to Everyone 02 https://mimesisinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/sociology-crescentini-when-science-belong-everyone-1.jpg 01 URL https://mimesisinternational.com/ Mimesis International 01 Mimesis International 01 Publisher's website: home page https://mimesisinternational.com/ Sesto San Giovanni, Italy 04 01 20251024 © 2025 Mimesis International 02 WORLD WORLD 09 Mimesis International 20 08 20251024 02 19.00 EUR WORLD 02 21.99 GBP WORLD 02 25.99 USD WORLD