Philosophy as Orientation: Giving a New Meaning to the Earth

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Emilio Carlo Corriero (University of Turin, Italy) Vanessa Di Stefano (Translator, UK)

Philosophy as Orientation

Giving a New Meaning to the Earth

Emilio Carlo Corriero (University of Turin, Italy), Vanessa Di Stefano (Translator, UK)

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Bloomsbury Academic
11 December 2025

Philosophy; Western philosophy: Enlightenment; Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge; Social & political philosophy; History of ideas

Emilio Carlo Corriero makes a radical intervention on the question of the Anthropocene, proposing that to rethink our relationship with nature also requires the rediscovery of philosophy understood as orientation.

This book contends that the environmental issue is a philosophical problem and outlines the theoretical contradictions that must first be overcome to effectively resolve the difficulties on a practical level. At the moment in which the human being discovers himself as a natural force capable of annihilating himself and other species, it is necessary to rethink human action in terms of cooperation with other entities: a natural world to which the human being belongs with his acts and his thoughts. Unlike other human activities, philosophy is capable of taking the right distance and orienting creativity, ultimately assigning a new meaning to the earth.

Philosophy as Orientation draws on Anglophone philosophical traditions and philosophers, including Dewey, Rorty, Wittgenstein, Williams, Cavell and Putnam. It puts these traditions and thinkers into a generative dialogue with continental philosophers, in particular Schelling and Nietzsche, providing a novel framework for understanding ecological crisis. Translated by Vanessa Di Stefano, this book will be essential reading not only for philosophers but also for those in environmental humanities and science studies.

By: Emilio Carlo Corriero (University of Turin Italy)
Translated by: Vanessa Di Stefano (Translator UK)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781350497436
ISBN 10: 1350497436
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 11 December 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Emilio Corriero is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Turin, Italy. Vanessa Di Stefano is a translator living in Italy. Her translations include Emilio Corriero's The Gift in Nietszche's Zarathustra (Bloomsbury, 2021); The Absolute and the Event (Bloomsbury, 2020); and contributions to Global Perspectives in Modern Italian Culture (2021)

Reviews for Philosophy as Orientation: Giving a New Meaning to the Earth

This timely and important book makes a radical philosophical intervention on the question of the Anthropocene, proposing that to rethink our relationship with nature also requires the rediscovery of philosophy understood as orientation. It proposes a ‘natural revolution’ in which the revelation of the image nature exposes an ongoing practice of belonging to it. * Jason M. Wirth, Professor of Philosophy, Seattle University, USA *