Man and Animal. The Evolutionary Aesthetics of Tito Vignoli (1824-1914)

The essay focuses on the Italian evolutionist Tito Vignoli, whose work is the result of a fruitful contamination between philosophy, history of religion, linguistics, ethnography, anthropology, psychology, zoology and physiology. His most regarded book, Mito e scienza (1879), and some of his minor w...

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Published in:Aisthesis (Florence, Italy) Italy), 2013-12, Vol.6 (2), p.205-218
Main Author: Elena Canadelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
darwinism
evolutionary aesthetics
myth
theory of evolution
Tito Vignoli
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Summary:The essay focuses on the Italian evolutionist Tito Vignoli, whose work is the result of a fruitful contamination between philosophy, history of religion, linguistics, ethnography, anthropology, psychology, zoology and physiology. His most regarded book, Mito e scienza (1879), and some of his minor writings deal with the theory of myth, art and aesthetics in the new framework of Darwin's ideas.
ISSN:2035-8466
DOI:10.13128/Aisthesis-13777