{"product_id":"nevertheless","title":"Nevertheless - Machiavelli, Pascal (Verso World History Series)","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the master of \"micro-history\" a reconstruction of two contrasting early-modern thinkers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNevertheless comprises essays on Machiavelli and on Pascal. The ambivalent connection between the two parts is embodied by the comma (,) in the subtitle: Machiavelli, Pascal. Is this comma a conjunction or a disjunction?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn fact, both. Ginzburg approaches Machiavelli's work from the perspective of casuistry, or case-based ethical reasoning. For as Machiavelli indicated through his repeated use of the adverb nondimanco (\"nevertheless\"), there is an exception to every rule. Such a perspective may seem to echo the traditional image of Machiavelli as a cynical, \"machiavellian\" thinker. But a close analysis of Machiavelli the reader, as well as of the ways in which some of Machiavelli's most perceptive readers read his work, throws a different light on Machiavelli the writer. The same hermeneutic strategy inspires the essays on the Provinciales, Pascal's ferocious attack against Jesuitical casuistry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCasuistry vs anti-casuistry; Machiavelli's secular attitude towards religion vs Pascal's deep religiosity. We are confronted, apparently, with two completely different worlds. But Pascal read Machiavelli, and reflected deeply upon his work. A belated, contemporary echo of this reading can unveil the complex relationship between Machiavelli and Pascal - their divergences as well as their unexpected convergences.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51230305714464,"sku":"9781839760143","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0836\/3661\/7504\/files\/9781839760143.jpg?v=1770859400","url":"https:\/\/creativebysanchez.com\/products\/nevertheless","provider":"Creative By Sanchez","version":"1.0","type":"link"}