{"product_id":"9781839760143","title":"Nevertheless: Machiavelli, Pascal","description":"Author: Ginzburg, Carlo\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781839760143\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 29 Mar 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 240 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46629819089054,"sku":"UBD-9781839760143","price":49.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781839760143.jpg?v=1774222076","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781839760143","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}