Idealism & Experience : The Philosophy of Guido de Ruggiero

Rik Peters

ISBN 10: 1788360559 / ISBN 13: 9781788360555

Published by Imprint Academic Nov 2021, 2021

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Neuware - Guido de Ruggiero (1888-1948) was perhaps the greatest Italian intellectual historian in the twentieth century. He was a fierce champion of liberalism, an ardent opponent of Fascism, an insightful critic and interpreter of his contemporaries, and a formidable philosopher in his own right. Idealism & Experience: The Philosophy of Guido de Ruggiero comprises eight new critical essays, as well as English translations of five of de Ruggiero's most important shorter writings, which chart the development of his thought between 1914 and 1946. Taken together, these essays reveal the range, richness and philosophical sophistication of de Ruggiero's ideas, enabling Anglophone readers to appreciate their enduring relevance in our own troubled times.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Idealism & Experience : The Philosophy of Guido de Ruggiero
• Publisher: Imprint Academic Nov 2021
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1788360559
• ISBN 13: 9781788360555
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 254W x 178H x 22D millimeters 254 millimeters width by 178 millimeters height by 22 millimeters depth
• Weight: 885 grams

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Synopsis

Guido de Ruggiero (1888-1948) was perhaps the greatest Italian intellectual historian in the twentieth century. He was a fierce champion of liberalism, an ardent opponent of Fascism, an insightful critic and interpreter of his contemporaries, and a formidable philosopher in his own right. Idealism & Experience: The Philosophy of Guido de Ruggiero comprises eight new critical essays, as well as English translations of five of de Ruggiero's most important shorter writings, which chart the development of his thought between 1914 and 1946. Taken together, these essays reveal the range, richness and philosophical sophistication of de Ruggiero's ideas, enabling Anglophone readers to appreciate their enduring relevance in our own troubled times.

About the Authors

Bruce Haddock is Professor of Modern European Social and Political Thought at Cardiff University. His principal publications include A History of Political Thought: From Antiquity to the Present (2008), A History of Political Thought: 1789 to the Present (2005), Vico's Political Thought (1986) and An Introduction to Historical Thought (1980). He is also joint editor of Vincenzo Cuoco's Historical Essay on the Neapolitan Revolution of 1799 (2014), Evil in Contemporary Political Theory (2011), Principles and Political Order: The Challenge of Diversity (2006), Multiculturalism, Identity and Rights (2003), and The Politics of Italian Identity (2000).

History as Thought and Action: The Philosophies of Croce, Gentile, de Ruggiero and Collingwood (2013), He has published articles, chapters and reviews in journals such as History and Theory, Collingwood and British Idealism Studies, Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis, Storia della storiografia/History of Historiography, and Incontri.

Giovanni Gentile and the State of Contemporary Constructivism: A Study of Actual Idealist Moral Theory (2015) and the edited volume Thought Thinking: The Philosophy of Giovanni Gentile (2015, with Bruce Haddock). His articles, translations and reviews have appeared in the British Journal for the History of Philosophy, Collingwood and British Idealism Studies, e-International Relations, the Intellectual History Review, the Journal of Educational Thought, Il Pensiero Italiano, Il Pensiero Storico, and Philosophy Now.