Croce on History: Aesthetic Defiguring

ISBN-13: 9781433178948 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 136 str.

Massimo Verdicchio

Opis

The book is a critical reading of all the major writings on history by Benedetto Croce, which has never been attempted before. The study is not a summary but a critical assessment based on the relevance of Croce's
aesthetics for his concept of history.

Spis treści

Introduction: The Background: Vico, Kant, and Hegel - Art and History in Croce's Early Writings - Theory and History of Historiography - History as the Story of Liberty - The Character of Modern Philosophy - Universal History and Philosophy of History - Philosophy and Historiography - Revisiting Hegel - Conclusions - Index.

O autorze

Massimo Verdicchio graduated from Yale University and is Emeritus Professor of Italian and Comparative Literature at the University of Alberta, in Edmonton, Canada. Beside Croce, his major publications are on Dante and European literature.