Political hypocrisy [electronic resource] : the mask of power, from Hobbes to Orwell and beyond / David Runciman.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2008.Description: xii, 272 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 320.101 22
LOC classification:
  • JA79 .R7819 2008eb
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-258) and index.

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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