{"product_id":"nevertheless","title":"Nevertheless","description":"\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Nevertheless \u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;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? \u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;In 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 \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;nondimanco\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; (\"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 \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Provinciales\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;, Pascal’s ferocious attack against Jesuitical casuistry. \u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Casuistry 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":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57314003321214,"sku":"NW9781839760143","price":29.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781839760143.jpg?v=1778593055","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/nevertheless","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}