From Vico to the sociocultural imagination. (June 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zittoun, Tania
• Editors: Tateo, Luca
• Is Part Of: Culture & psychology. Volume 21:Number 2(2015:Jun.)
• Page Start: 251
• Page End: 258
• Publication Date: 2015-06
• Subjects: Vico -- imagination -- music -- body -- semiotic mediation; Culture -- Psychological aspects -- Periodicals; Ethnopsychology -- Periodicals; 155.92
• DOI: 10.1177/1354067X15575796
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1354-067X

Abstract

The papers by Mariagrazia Granatella (2015), Tuuli Pern (2015) and Pablo Rojas (2015), invited by Tateo (2015) engage in a dialogue with the texts of Giambattisto Vico, a philosopher from the 18th century. In this commentary, focusing on imagination, I first follow the authors' effort to show the compatibility between Vico's ideas and current cultural psychology; I then highlight two issues of particular interest emerging from this dialogue.