Giambattista Vico by Cecilia Miller
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.
Cecilia Miller is Associate Professor of History and Tutor in the College of Social Studies at Wesleyan University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780333551530 |
| ISBN 10 | 0333551532 |
| Title | Giambattista Vico |
| Author | Cecilia Miller |
| Series | Studies In Modern History |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Year published | 1993-08-31 |
| Number of pages | 203 |
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