printer friendly pageFRENCH 321: Giambattista Vico (COMPLIT 321, ITALIAN 321)
An intensive reading of Vico's New Science. Emphasis will be on Vico's philosophy of history and theories of poetic wisdom, myth, and language. Vico will be put in dialogue with René Descartes, Rousseau, Auguste Compte, Claude Lévi Strauss, and Paul Feyerabend, whose ideas about myth and science converge in striking ways with Vico's.
Terms: Win
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Units: 1-5
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Harrison, R. (PI)
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Dansereau, C. (TA)
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