Myth and authority Giambattista Vico's early modern critique of aristocratic sovereignty

Living in a province dominated by powerful oligarchs, Giambattista Vico (1668-1744) concluded that political philosophy should work to undermine aristocratic authority and prevent political devolution into feudalism. Rejecting the possibility that the free market could successfully instill civil beh...

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Hlavní autor: Bertland, Alexander U. (Autor)
Médium: Licensed eBooks
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Albany, NY State University of New York Press [2022]
Edice:SUNY series in contemporary Italian philosophy.
On-line přístup:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.18254218
Obsah:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations and Use of Sources
  • Approaching the New Science
  • Giambattista Vico: Early Modern Philosopher
  • Imaginative Universals
  • Feudalism
  • Secret Laws
  • The Roman Pantheon
  • Poetic Wisdom and Class Conflict
  • Is Vico Right?
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index