Vico's Cultural History

The Production and Transmission of Ideas in Naples, 1685-1750
Erscheinungsjahr 1997
ISBN: 978-90-04-10650-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 73, 328 Seiten, Format (B × H): 166 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 776 g

Reihe: Brill's Studies in Intellectual History

A study of the cultural world of Giambattista Vico, one of the most creative social theorists of the eighteenth century. Based on extensive manuscript as well as printed materials, and relying on the methods of book and publishing history, this volume describes Vico's intellectual community. Special attention is paid to the interaction between scholars and Naples' vibrant operatic and artistic community. The first part of the book investigates a controversy concerning an inquisitorial investigation, Neapolitan travel literature, the papers of a scientific academy, and the patronage system for book publication. The second part describes the cultural context of Vico's writings and especially the three editions of The New Science.
This work explains the accomplishments that made Naples one of the great cultural centers of the early Enlightenment.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stone, Harold

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Harold Samuel Stone, Ph.D. (1981) from the Committee of Social Thought at the University of Chicago, is an Assistant Professor at the American University in Cairo. He has published essays on early modern intellectual history and is a co-author of a translation of Montesquieu's The Spirit of the Laws.