Searching for Roots. Perils and Virtues of Witt’s «Two Cultures»
The article deals with Witt’s monograph The Two Latin Cultures by providing a thorough analysis of the part devoted to the twelfth-century. In particular, the article focuses on the relationship between culture, politics and society as outlined by Witt, and it approaches critically the tel...
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description | The article deals with Witt’s monograph The Two Latin Cultures by providing a thorough analysis of the part devoted to the twelfth-century. In particular, the article focuses on the relationship between culture, politics and society as outlined by Witt, and it approaches critically the teleological structure of Witt’s “searching for roots” of the Italian exceptionalism. |
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spelling | doaj.art-d288a60e370b4ba29718ae9aed058b572023-08-02T04:22:12ZengViella EditriceStoricamente1825-411X2019-05-0114110.12977/stor742Searching for Roots. Perils and Virtues of Witt’s «Two Cultures»Alberto Cotza0Univ. Pisa, Dipartimento di Civiltà e Forme del Sapere, Via Paoli, 15, 56126, Pisa, ItalyThe article deals with Witt’s monograph The Two Latin Cultures by providing a thorough analysis of the part devoted to the twelfth-century. In particular, the article focuses on the relationship between culture, politics and society as outlined by Witt, and it approaches critically the teleological structure of Witt’s “searching for roots” of the Italian exceptionalism.http://storicamente.org/cotza-ronald-witt-two-latin-cultureshistorymiddle agesitalyteleologypolitics and culture12th century |
spellingShingle | Alberto Cotza Searching for Roots. Perils and Virtues of Witt’s «Two Cultures» Storicamente history middle ages italy teleology politics and culture 12th century |
title | Searching for Roots. Perils and Virtues of Witt’s «Two Cultures» |
title_full | Searching for Roots. Perils and Virtues of Witt’s «Two Cultures» |
title_fullStr | Searching for Roots. Perils and Virtues of Witt’s «Two Cultures» |
title_full_unstemmed | Searching for Roots. Perils and Virtues of Witt’s «Two Cultures» |
title_short | Searching for Roots. Perils and Virtues of Witt’s «Two Cultures» |
title_sort | searching for roots perils and virtues of witt s two cultures |
topic | history middle ages italy teleology politics and culture 12th century |
url | http://storicamente.org/cotza-ronald-witt-two-latin-cultures |
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