Reconsidering the Mediterranean, appreciating and demarginalizing the peoples and cultures of this vast region, while considering the affinities and differences, is a valuable part of the process of unframing and reframing the concept of the Mediterranean. The authors of this volume follow Franco Cassanos refusal of a sort of prt--porter reality of cohabitation of cultures, introducing instead unalternativa mediterranea, a world of multiple cultures that entails an ongoing learning and experiencing. The volumes contributors use an interdisciplinary approach that mirrors the hybridity of the area and of the discipline, that is much more introspective and humanistic, more contemporary and inclusive.