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Book SynopsisAn intellectual portrait of the Neapolitan philosopher as a figure deeply engaged in the political life of his city.
Trade ReviewNaddeo... is to be applauded for highlighting neglected ideas in the supposedly minor works by Vico that have been ignored by scholars for centuries. Naddeo gives us a different Vico, sharper and more deeply enmeshed in his own culture. This process of transformation is disturbing, challenging and ultimately rewarding for those who know Vico well.
-- Cecilia Miller * Times Literary Supplement *
Naddeo's work is a welcome corrective to the view of Vico as a lone thinker completely out of his own time.... It gives us a much needed perspective on a fundamental aspect of Vico’s thought leading up to the New Science, the one work for which Vico claimed he wished to be remembered, [and] an understanding of the social and political contexts of Vico’s philosophy.
-- Thora Ilin Bayer * Journal of the History of Philosophy *
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Vico and Naples
1. The Origins of Vico's Social Theory: Vichian Reflections on the Neapolitan Revolt of 1701 and the Politics of the Metropolis
2. Vico's Cosmopolitanism: Global Citizenship and Natural Law in Vico's Pedagogical Thought
3. Vico's Social Theory: The Conundrum of the Roman Metropolis and the Struggle of Humanity for Natural Rights
4. From Social Theory to Philosophy: Vico's Disillusions with the Neapolitan Magistracy and the New Frontier of PhilosophyNote on References and Translations
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