Studies in Modern History: Imagination and Historical Knowledge

Miller, Cecilia

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 1993-08-31

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780333551530

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-22933-8

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 203