| Georges Sorel's Study on Vico: Translation, Edition, and Introduction Contributor(s): Brandom, Eric (Author), Giordani, Tommaso (Author) |
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ISBN: 900430911X ISBN-13: 9789004309111 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $123.50 Product Type: Hardcover Language: German Published: December 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - General - History |
| Series: Radboud Studies in Humanities |
| Physical Information: 170 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Georges Sorel's Study on Vico is a revelatory document of the depths and stakes of French social thought at the end of the 19th century. What brought Sorel to the 18th century Neapolitan theorist of history? Acute awareness of the limitations of Marxist thought in his day, a profound concern with the material underpinnings of language, law, and culture, and the imperative to understand the possibilities of revolutionary change. We find here a different Sorel, one who speaks in surprising ways to the 21st century. The translation is accompanied by an introduction and by a set of notes which situate the text both in Sorel's overall intellectual trajectory and in the fin de si cle debates from which it emerged. |
