| Giambattista Vico: Imagination and Historical Knowledge 1993 Edition Contributor(s): Miller, Cecilia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333551532 ISBN-13: 9780333551530 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 1993 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | History - History | Modern - General - Philosophy | History & Surveys - General |
| Dewey: 901 |
| Series: Imagination and Historical Knowledge |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.94 lbs) 203 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The theories of language and society of Giambattista Vico (1668-1744) are examined in this textual analysis of the full range of his theoretical writings, with special emphasis on his little-known early works. Vico's fundamental importance in the history of European ideas lies in his strong anti-Cartesian, anti-French and anti-Enlightenment views. In an age in which intellectuals adopted a rational approach, Vico stressed the nonrational element in man - in particular, imagination - as well as social and civil relationships, none of them reducible to the scientific theories so popular in his time. |