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Political hypocrisy : the mask of power, from Hobbes to Orwell and beyond / David Runciman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Runciman, David, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political ethics.
- Hypocrisy--Political aspects.
- Hypocrisy.
- Political science--Philosophy.
- Political science.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 284 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- Revised edition.
- Revised paperback edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- A critical assessement of the problems of sincerity and truth in politics argues that we should accept hypocrisy as a fact of politics without resigning ourselves to it or embracing it, drawing on the lessons of such thinkers as Hobbes, Mandeville, Jefferson, Bentham, Sigwick, and Orwell.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Hobbes and the mask of power
- Mandeville and the virtues of vice
- The American Revolution and the art of sincerity
- Bentham and the utility of fiction
- Victorian democracy and Victorian hypocrisy
- Orwell and the hypocrisy of ideology
- Conclusion: Sincerity and hypocrisy in democratic politics.
- Notes:
- "With a new afterword by the author."
- Originally published in 2008.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-270) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edith E. Clark Endowment Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0691180857
- 9780691180854
- OCLC:
- 1004935168
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