Vico and Naples : the urban origins of modern social theory / Barbara Ann Naddeo.

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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Main Author: Naddeo, Barbara Ann (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2011.
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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.