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Political hypocrisy : the mask of power, from Hobbes to Orwell and beyond /

What kind of hypocrite should voters choose as their next leader? The question seems utterly cynical. But, as David Runciman suggests, it is actually much more cynical to pretend that politics can ever be completely sincere. The most dangerous form of political hypocrisy is to claim to have a politi...

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Основен автор: Runciman, David.
Формат: Електронна книга
Език: English
Публикувано: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ℗♭2008.
Предмети:
Political ethics.
Hypocrisy > Political aspects.
Political science > Philosophy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
HISTORY > World.
Political ethics
Political science > Philosophy
Electronic books.
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Подобни документи: Print version:: Political hypocrisy.
Съдържание:
  • 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.

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