Open AccessLa caduta dello stato eroico. Il conflitto nella Scienza Nuova di Giambattista Vico
Author(s) -
Francesca Fidelibus
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
rivista italiana di filosofia politica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2785-4256
pISSN - 2785-3330
DOI - 10.36253/rifp-1470
Subject(s) - humanities , politics , order (exchange) , function (biology) , philosophy , epistemology , sociology , political science , law , finance , evolutionary biology , economics , biology
The aim of this essay is to analyze the figure of conflict in Giambattista Vico’s Scienza Nuova, highlighting its epistemological function and its historical-political cogency. This conflict presents itself both as an epistemological means through which reason understands the process of community establishment, and as the effective force for the development of nations. In fact, the changing of times outlined by Vico takes the form of an asymmetrical conflict which proves to be socially significant to the extent that it allows the recomposition of the social body within an order marked by the recognition, albeit precarious, of equality.