TY - BOOK AU - Mazzotta,Giuseppe TI - The New Map of the World: the Poetic Philosophy of Giambattista Vico T2 - Princeton Legacy Library SN - 9781400864997 AV - B3583 U1 - 195 21 PY - 2014/// CY - Princeton PB - Princeton University Press KW - Vico, Giambattista, KW - LITERARY CRITICISM KW - European KW - Italian KW - bisacsh KW - PHILOSOPHY KW - History & Surveys KW - Modern KW - Philosophy & Religion KW - hilcc KW - Philosophy KW - Electronic books N1 - Cover; Contents N2 - For today's readers, the great Italian philosopher of history Giambattista Vico (1668-1744) can be startlingly relevant to the social and educational divisiveness we confront at century's end: here Giuseppe Mazzotta, one of the leading Italianists in the United States, shows how much Vico, properly read, can bring to an understanding of contemporary social problems. To explore Vico's body of thought in all its monumental complexity, Mazzotta highlights the place of poetry, or ""writerliness, "" in Vico's educational project, which links literature, history, religion, philosophy, and politics UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=790774 ER -