{"product_id":"9781509576234","title":"Concrete Universality: Philosophy for an Age of Fragmentation","description":"\u003ch1\u003eConcrete Universality: Philosophy for an Age of Fragmentation\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eMarsili, Lorenzo\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUniversalism 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eConcrete Universality\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 \u003ci\u003eontopoiesis\u003c\/i\u003e: the idea that reality is continuously produced through relations and forms of mediation. This approach gives rise to a new political method: a '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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Polity\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2026-12-15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781509576234\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: cm xcm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 168\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49555033686156,"sku":"9781509576234","price":20.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781509576234.jpg?v=1779932328","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781509576234","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}