Myth and Authority: Giambattista Vico's Early Modern Critique of Aristocratic Sovereignty

Alexander U. Bertland

Published by SUNY Press 2022

Myth and Authority

Giambattista Vico's Early Modern Critique of Aristocratic Sovereignty

Alexander U. Bertland

In the series SUNY series in Contemporary Italian Philosophy

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781438490212

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Argues that Giambattista Vico's early modern account of Roman mythology was a sophisticated attempt to present an epistemological and political critique of the aristocratic way of conceiving the world.

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Alexander U. Bertland is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Niagara University.

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"This is an exceptionally erudite and quite original historical-philosophical reconsideration of the original context and pith of Vico's thought. It strives to understand Vico's famed theory of poetic imagination as first and foremost a political critique of the entrenched interests of the Neapolitan aristocracy and to carve open space for juridical reform that widened the scope of interests that its economic and political structures served." — Jason M. Wirth, Seattle University

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Front Matter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Abbreviations and Use of Sources Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Approaching the New Science Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Giambattista Vico: Early Modern Philosopher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
Imaginative Universals Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
Feudalism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
Secret Laws Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
The Roman Pantheon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
Poetic Wisdom and Class Conflict Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
Is Vico Right? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273
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Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	319
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Language: English
Publisher: SUNY Press
Audience: General/trade;
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- Main content: 348
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- Other: Total Illustrations: 0
Keywords: Religion and Spirituality : Religion; Philosophy : History of Philosophy; Area Studies : Italian Studies; Politics and Law : Political Theory; Politics and Law : Political Philosophy

eBook

Published: October 1, 2022
ISBN: 9781438490212