Vico, Genealogist of Modernity / Robert C. Miner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miner, Robert C., 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vico, Giambattista, 1668-1744.

Vico, Giambattista.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (166 pages)

Place of Publication:

Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, 2002.

Summary:

In this lucid and probing study, Robert C. Miner argues that Giambattista Vico (1668-1744) was the architect of a subversive, genealogical approach to modernity. Miner documents the genesis of Vico's stance toward modernity in the first phase of his thought. Through close examination of his early writings, centering on Vico's critique of Descartes and his elaboration of the 'verum-factum' principle, Vico, Genealogist of Modernity reveals that Vico strives to acknowledge the technical advances of modernity while unmasking its origins in human pride.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Part 1 Humbling Moder Pride: Genealogy in the Early Vico

1 Ancients and Modems

2 Eloquence and Prudence

3 Critique of Descartes

4 The Roots of Mathematics

5 Verum-Factum

Part 2 The Development of Moder Historical Consciousness in the Diritto universale

6 The Intention and Form of the Diritto universale

7 Justice and Equity

8 Natural Law

9 Verum-Certum

10 Constantia and Christian Jurisprudence

Part 3 The Moral Genealogy of the Scienza nuova

11 Vico, Genealogy, History

12 Unmasking the Philosophers and Philologists

13 Knowledge as Archaeology

14 Pagan Consciousness in the Age of Gods

15 The Hebrew Difference

16 From Achilles to Socrates

17 Modem Nihilism and the Barbarism of Reflection

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-203) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780268034689

0268034680

9780268159856

0268159858

OCLC:

1016595659