From Library Journal

Giambattista Vico (1668-1744) has long been claimed as a putative father of modern theoretical movements both in philosophy and political science. In this analysis of his subject's full corpus, Lilla (politics, NYU) cogently demonstrates that Vico was a "profound critic of the modern age" who used the newly emerging language of science to argue for the ascendancy of order and authority (a la the Romans) over the intellectual enlightenment promised by the rediscovery of classical Greece. While the current study is addressed to English-language readers who may not be very familiar with all of Vico's theory and writings, the audience for this book must necessarily be acquainted with Enlightenment history and theory. It is thus appropriate for academic collections and graduate students.

- Francisca Goldsmith, Berkeley P.L., Cal.

Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Description

This comprehensive introduction to the philosophy of Giovanni Battista Vico puts all the elements of his theories of authority, politics and civil religion in their proper relationship with his theory of history. As such, it raises provocative questions about the subsequent intellectual development of the anti-modern tradition as it relates to the historical and social sciences of our time.

作者简介

马克•里拉（Mark Lilla）：芝加哥大学社会思想委员会教授，美国公共领域中具有影响力的知识分子。本书《维柯：反现代的创生》是作者的成名之作，出版之后获得学术界很高的评价，奠定了他在思想史研究领域的声誉。另著有《当知识分子遇到政治》（The Reckless Mind: Intellectuals in Politics）、《胎死腹中的神：宗教、政治和现代西方》（The Stillborn God: Religion, Politics, and the Modern West）。编有《新法兰西思想：政治哲学》（New French Thought: Political Philosophy）和《以赛亚•伯林的遗产》（The Legacy of Isaiah Berlin）。

作品列表

《维柯：反现代的创生》

《当知识分子遇到政治》

《以赛亚•柏林的遗产》（编著）

《胎死腹中的神：宗教、政治和现代西方》

译者简介

张小勇：复旦大学国际问题研究院欧洲研究中心助理研究员，哲学博士，研究方向为意大利思想史与欧盟政治问题等。出版的译著有：《维柯论人文教育——大学开学典礼演讲集》（维柯著，广西师范大学，2005年）；《论意大利最古老的智慧》（维柯著，上海三联出版社，2006年）。发表论文有：“人的本性与公民教育——维柯早期教育哲学研究”，（《复旦哲学评论》第三辑，上海人民出版社，2006年）。