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Georges Sorelâs Study on Vico
Translation, Edition, and Introduction
Series: - Radboud Studies in Humanities, Volume: 10
Georges Sorelâs 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 Sorelâs overall intellectual trajectory and in the fin de siècle debates from which it emerged.
The translation is accompanied by an introduction and by a set of notes which situate the text both in Sorelâs overall intellectual trajectory and in the fin de siècle debates from which it emerged.
Eric Brandom, Ph.D (2012) is a James Carey Research Fellow in the History Department at Kansas State University, and is at work on a manuscript entitled Autonomy and Violence: Georges Sorel and the Problem of Liberalism.
Tommaso Giordani, Ph.D (2015), European University Institute, is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Tallinn, where he is working in the ERC-funded project BETWEEN THE TIMES. He has published various articles on French and Italian intellectual history.
Tommaso Giordani, Ph.D (2015), European University Institute, is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Tallinn, where he is working in the ERC-funded project BETWEEN THE TIMES. He has published various articles on French and Italian intellectual history.
Introduction: Georges Sorelâs Study on Vico in French and European Context
â1âThe Early Years of Georges Sorel
â2âThe Epistemology of the Social Sciences
â3âFrench Marxism in the 1890s
â4âItalian Connections
â5âThe âPoliticsâ of the Institution
â6âViolence and Myth
â7âBeyond Syndicalism
â8âConclusion
Bibliography
Note on the Text and Translation
Study on Vico
Annotations
Texts Cited or Quoted in the âÃtude sur Vicoâ
Modern Editions Cited in the Translation
Index
â1âThe Early Years of Georges Sorel
â2âThe Epistemology of the Social Sciences
â3âFrench Marxism in the 1890s
â4âItalian Connections
â5âThe âPoliticsâ of the Institution
â6âViolence and Myth
â7âBeyond Syndicalism
â8âConclusion
Bibliography
Note on the Text and Translation
Study on Vico
Annotations
Texts Cited or Quoted in the âÃtude sur Vicoâ
Modern Editions Cited in the Translation
Index
Students and researchers of fin de siècle European intellectual history; historians of the social sciences, and Marxism; students of Vicoâs legacy and of Sorelâs social thought. Anyone interested in the roots of cultural studies.