Nevertheless: Machiavelli, Pascal

by Carlo Ginzburg

From the master of "micro-history" a reconstruction of two contrasting early-modern thinkers

Nevertheless 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?

In fact, both. Ginzburg approaches Machiavelli's work from the perspective of casuistry, or case-based ethical reasoning...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1839760141
• ISBN13: 9781839760143
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Verso
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 8.6"