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Vico, Genealogist of Modernity Robert C. Miner

Vico, Genealogist of Modernity By Robert C. Miner

Vico, Genealogist of Modernity by Robert C. Miner


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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. Through close examination of his early writings, this book reveals that Vico strives to acknowledge the technical advances of modernity while unmasking its origins in human pride.

Vico, Genealogist of Modernity Summary

Vico, Genealogist of Modernity by Robert C. Miner

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.

Vico, Genealogist of Modernity Reviews

Miner has given us nourishing food for thought, and this work deserves attention, not least for Miner's meticulous scholarship. . . . It should . . . rekindle an interest in this engaging, often neglected Neapolitan thinker. -Modern Age

About Robert C. Miner

Robert C. Miner is professor of philosophy at Boston College.

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NLS9780268159832
9780268159832
0268159831
Vico, Genealogist of Modernity by Robert C. Miner
New
Paperback
University of Notre Dame Press
2017-07-31
232
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