Federico Campagna's 'Cultura profetica' Challenges Anthropocentrism
Federico Campagna (Sondrio, 1984) releases 'Cultura profetica. Messaggi per mondi a venire' (Tlon, 2023), a translation of his earlier 'Prophetic Culture' (Bloomsbury, New York 2021). The book argues that contemporary humanity is an ideological category shaped by capitalism, driving ecological crisis. Campagna proposes a 'prophetic culture' that listens to the collective unconscious and mends fragmented knowledges to imagine non-anthropocentric futures. Drawing on historical collapses—classical Greece, Maya, Inca—he suggests that every end of a world is also an end of time, opening space for new narratives. Franco 'Bifo' Berardi contributes a postface, framing the prophet not as a fortune-teller but as one who sees the present. Campagna calls for a 'magical thought' to break through the current crisis of imagination and envision new cosmogonies. The 368-page volume (€19, ISBN 9788831498913) is translated by Francesco Strocchi and published in Rome.
Key facts
- Federico Campagna was born in Sondrio in 1984.
- 'Cultura profetica' is published by Edizioni Tlon in Rome, 2023.
- The book is a translation of 'Prophetic Culture' (Bloomsbury, New York 2021).
- Franco 'Bifo' Berardi wrote the postface.
- The book has 368 pages and costs €19.
- ISBN is 9788831498913.
- Campagna argues humanity is an ideological category governed by capitalism.
- He draws on historical collapses like classical Greece, Maya, and Inca.
Entities
Artists
- Federico Campagna
- Franco Bifo Berardi
- Francesco Strocchi
Institutions
- Edizioni Tlon
- Bloomsbury
Locations
- Sondrio
- Italy
- New York
- United States
- Rome