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Author Runciman, David.

Title Political hypocrisy : the mask of power, from Hobbes to Orwell and beyond / David Runciman.

Publication Info. Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2018.

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Edition Revised edition.
Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
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Subject Political ethics.
Political ethics.
Hypocrisy -- Political aspects.
Hypocrisy.
Political science -- Philosophy.
Political science -- Philosophy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
ISBN 9781400889662 (electronic book)
1400889669 (electronic book)
9780691180854