Vico and Naples : The Urban Origins of Modern Social Theory /
Vico and Naples is an intellectual portrait of the Neapolitan philosopher Giambattista Vico (1668-1744) that reveals the politics and motivations of one of Europe's first scientists of society. According to the commonplaces of the literature on the Neapolitan, Vico was a solitary figure who, at...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
2011.
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Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- The origins of Vico's social theory : Vichian reflections on the Neapolitan Revolt of 1701 and the politics of the metropolis
- Vico's cosmopolitanism : global citizenship and natural law in Vico's pedagogical thought
- Vico's social theory : the conundrum of the Roman metropolis and the struggle of humanity for natural rights
- From social theory to philosophy : Vico's disillusions with the Neapolitan magistracy and the new frontier of philosophy.