Vincenzo Cuoco | |
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 Vincenzo Cuoco | |
| Born | 1 October 1770 |
| Died | 14 December 1823 (aged 53) |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Alma mater | University of Naples Federico II |
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| School | Counter-Enlightenment |
Main interests | Political philosophy Philosophy of history |
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Vincenzo Cuoco (1 October 1770 – 14 December 1823) was an Italian writer. He is mainly remembered for his Saggio Storico sulla Rivoluzione Napoletana del 1799 ("Historical Essay on the Neapolitan Revolution of 1799"). He is considered as one of the precursors of the realist school and Italian liberalism.[1][2] Cuoco adapted the critique of political rationalism of Edmund Burke and Joseph de Maistre for liberal ends, and has been described as a better historian than either of them.[3] He influenced many subsequent Italian intellectuals, from Ugo Foscolo and Alessandro Manzoni to Bertrando and Silvio Spaventa to Benedetto Croce and Antonio Gramsci.[3][4]
- ^ Drozdowicz, Zbigniew (2013). Essays on European Liberalism. LIT Verlag Münster. p. 70.
- ^ Caponigri, A R (2016). History and Liberty: The Historical Writings of Benedetto Croce. Routledge. p. 32.
- ^ a b Haddock, Bruce; Sabetti, Filippo (2014). "Vincenzo Cuoco. On Limits of Revolution and Constitutionalism". Rivista di Storia delle Idee. 3 (2): 114–132.
- ^ Losurdo, Domenico (1997). Dai Fratelli Spaventa a Gramsci. Naples: La Città del Sole. pp. 182–3. ISBN 88-86521-73-1.