Idealism reconsidered

de Ruggiero, Guido (author) and Wakefield, James (translator) ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1518-4346 2020. Idealism reconsidered. Collingwood and British Idealism Studies 26 (1-2) , pp. 331-343.

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Abstract

In this pivotal essay, first published in 1933, de Ruggiero explains why he no longer considers himself an idealist. He criticizes the forms of Hegelian and post-Hegelian idealism that had animated his early philosophical work, as well as that of Croce and Gentile. While acknowledging the value of its ‘incomparably profound exploration of the life of the mind’, he argues that modern idealism, especially in its recent forms, has resulted in intellectual narcissism—claiming privileged insight into the truth, while in fact making real problems incomprehensible and insoluble. The essay concludes with a brief sketch of the kind of inquiry with which de Ruggiero thinks we should engage, motivated by a sincere concern for concrete problems and a corresponding desire to solve them.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Cardiff Law & Politics
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General)
Additional Information:	This is a translation by James Wakefield of an essay by Guido de Ruggiero. The original was published in 1933..
Publisher:	Imprint Academic
ISSN:	1744-9413
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	7 April 2025
Date of Acceptance:	2020
Last Modified:	07 Apr 2025 15:15
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/177396

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