Simone Regazzoni's 'Oceano' Proposes a Planetary Philosophy Beyond Terra

Simone Regazzoni's book 'Oceano. Filosofia del pianeta' (Ponte alle Grazie, 2022) introduces a radical philosophical shift from a terrestrial to an oceanic worldview. The author, born in Genoa in 1975 and a student of Jacques Derrida, argues that humanity must abandon the idea of Earth as solid ground and instead embrace a fluid, symbiotic existence within the planetary ocean. Regazzoni reinterprets Okeanos, the primordial deity from Homer's Iliad, as a pre-Olympian, ever-flowing entity that dissolves territorial boundaries and hierarchical binaries. The book proposes a new cosmology and mythology that reimagines nature from the oceanic element, where life is immersed in a constant becoming. Regazzoni engages with Bruno Latour's concept of Gaia, expanding it toward an oceanic paradigm that challenges terrestrial thinking. The text calls for an ecological ethics rooted in the recognition that humans are merely elements within a fragile, interconnected ecosystem. The volume, 224 pages, €16, ISBN 9788833318509, is published by Ponte alle Grazie in Florence.