{"product_id":"nevertheless","title":"Nevertheless","description":"\u003ci\u003eNevertheless \u003c\/i\u003ecomprises 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 \u003ci\u003enondimanco\u003c\/i\u003e (“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 \u003ci\u003eProvinciales\u003c\/i\u003e, 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":"Verso Books","offers":[{"title":"paperback","offer_id":50192093937941,"sku":"qea1789929999398","price":27.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"ebook (US)","offer_id":50192093970709,"sku":"npy1789929999399","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"ebook (UK)","offer_id":50192094003477,"sku":"uew1789929999400","price":23.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0878\/5349\/8645\/files\/nevertheless_1.jpg?v=1789930003","url":"https:\/\/zenmatfitk.shop\/products\/nevertheless","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}