Rosario Diana
, ISPF-CNR
Le «borie» vichiane come paradigma euristico.
Hybris
dei popoli e dei saperi
fra moderno e contemporaneo
, a cura di R. Diana, Napoli, ISPF Lab
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (“I quaderni del Lab”, 3), 2015
ISBN 9788890871290
Abstract
The essays included in this volume assume Giambattista Vico’s the-
ory of the “conceits” (
borie
) as a heuristic paradigm for investigating
different forms of arrogance by peoples and by kinds of knowledge.
The book is made up of three sections. In the first one – “A possible
Vichian paradigm” – Manuela Sanna’s essay examines the theme of the
conceits in Vico’s writings, exploring it in all its ramifications. The es-
say by Giuseppe Cacciatore extrapolates the concept of conceit from
Vico’s page and turns it into an useful tool for unmasking “other” kinds
of arrogance. In the second section – “A retrospective” – a possible
backwards path is outlined: various expressions of arrogance by peoples
and by kinds of knowledge are investigated in authors closer to Vico
or even more distant from him, like Molina, Montaigne and Diodorus,
who was among Vico’s sources. The third section – “With Vico beyond
Vico” – hosts contributions by scholars who tested the paradigm of
the conceits in authors ranging from Descartes to Samuel Beckett. This
results in a theoretical and historical framework that, without claiming to
be exhaustive or organic, provides a varied and rich survey of the topic.
Keywords
Giambattista Vico; Conceits; Hybris; Arrogance; Illusion
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