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The virtues of mendacity : on lying in politics / Martin Jay.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jay, Martin, 1944-
- Series:
- Richard lectures.
- Richard lectures for 2008
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Truthfulness and falsehood.
- Political ethics.
- Political science--Philosophy.
- Political science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 241 p. )
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The political hypocrisy that Americans in particular periodically decry may be, in Jay's view, the best alternative to the violence justified by those who claim to know the truth.
- Contents:
- Introduction: American democracy and the dream of transparent politics
- On lying
- On the political
- On lying in politics.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613584724
- 9781280489495
- 1280489499
- 9780813929767
- 0813929768
- OCLC:
- 759159936
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