White reading Giambattista Vico: the false in the true and the ironic conditions of historiographic liberty
This article deals with Hayden White’s chapter on Giambattista Vico’s tropological model of historical transformation, which is part of his seminal collection of essays Tropics of Discourse. Focussing on White’s understanding of how Vico could inspire a critical history of historiographic consciousn...
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Universidade Nova de Lisboa
2018-06-01
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| Series: | Práticas da História |
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| Online Access: | https://praticasdahistoria.pt/article/view/22483/16575 |