History as thought and action : the philosophies of Croce, Gentile, de Ruggiero, and Collingwood / Rik Peters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peters, Rik.

Series:

British idealist studies. Collingwood ; Series 2, 6.

British idealist studies. Series 2, Collingwood ; volume 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Croce, Benedetto, 1866-1952.

Croce, Benedetto.

Gentile, Giovanni, 1875-1944.

Gentile, Giovanni.

De Ruggiero, Guido, 1888-1948.

De Ruggiero, Guido.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (672 p.)

Place of Publication:

Exeter, UK : Imprint Academic, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the first book-length study of the relationship between Benedetto Croce (1866-1952), Giovanni Gentile (1875-1944), Guido de Ruggiero (1888-1948) and Robin George Collingwood (1889-1943). Though the relationship between these highly influential philosophers has often been discussed, it has never been studied comprehensively.On the basis of published and unpublished writings this study carefully reconstructs their debate on the relationship between thought and action, following their ...

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Front matter; Title page; Publisher information; Dedication; Preface; Body matter; Introduction: The Dead Past?; 1. The Early Development of Croce and Gentile (1893-1903); Introduction; Croce's Historical Project and its Problems; 'History Subsumed Under the Concept of Art' (1893); Gentile's Early Development; Gentile's Criticism of Croce's Concept of History; Gentile's 'The Concept of History' (1899); The Controversy between Croce and Gentile about Metaphysical Philosophy of History; History in Croce's Aesthetics as Science of Expression and General Linguistic (1902)

History at the End of Gentile's Early Development 2. Croce's Middle Development and His System (1903-1917); Introduction; History in the Outlines of Logic as Science of the Pure Concept (1905); What is Living and What is Dead in the Philosophy of Hegel (1907); Gentile's Criticism of Croce's Interpretation of Hegel; The Further Development of the Philosophy of the Spirit: Philosophy of the Practical (1909); Logic as Science of the Pure Concept (1909); Theory and History of Historiography (1912-1917); Conclusion; 3. Gentile's Middle Development and His System (1903-1923); Introduction

The Birth of Actualism: 'The Act of Thought as Pure Act' (1912)'The Method of Immanence'; The System: Theory and Practice (1912-23); The System: Philosophy and History (1916-23); Croce's Criticism of Gentile's Identity of Philosophy and History; The Ethics of Knowing: System of Logic (1917-23); Conclusion; 4. Guido de Ruggiero's Early Development (1911-1918); Introduction; La filosofia contemporanea (Modern Philosophy) (1912); De Ruggiero's Criticism of Croce and Gentile; 'Science as Absolute Experience' (1912); Morality and History (1912-14); Problems of Moral Life (1914)

De Ruggiero's Philosophy of History'La pensée italienne et la guerre' (1916); Conclusion; 5. Collingwood's Early Development (1889-1917); Introduction; Oxford and Italian Philosophy; The Philosophy of Giambattista Vico (1913); Collingwood's Commentaries on Croce's Philosophy of the Spirit (1912); Religion and Philosophy (1912-14); 'The Devil' and Evil: Two Steps Forward; The Moment of Kairos: The Albert Memorial Meditations (1915-16); Collingwood's First Criticism of Croce's Theory and History of Historiography (1917); Truth and Contradiction (1917); Conclusion

6. Croce, Gentile, and de Ruggiero in the 1920's Introduction; Croce's New Essays on Aesthetics (1918-20); Gentile's Criticism of Croce's New Essays and His Own Contribution to Aesthetics; De Ruggiero's Criticism of Croce and Gentile and His Own Contribution to Aesthetics; Croce's Criticism of de Ruggiero's Aesthetics; The Rise of Fascism; The Involvement of Croce, Gentile, and de Ruggiero in the Rise of Fascism; Gentile's Moral and Political Philosophy in the 1920's; Philosophy of History in Gentile's Fascist Works; Gentile's Fascist Historiography; Croce's Moral and Political Philosophy

The Value of History in Croce's Moral and Political Philosophy

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 27, 2013).

ISBN:

1-84540-749-0

1-84540-750-4

OCLC:

865335195