Vico
Subtitle: Genealogist of Modernity
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Published: July 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9780268034689
Subjects: History: theory & methods; Western philosophy, c 1600 to c 1800; Philosophy Of The 18th Century; Philosophy; History & Surveys - Modern; Reference; 1668-1744; Vico, Giambattista,
Description: "In this 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."--BOOK JACKET.