Political hypocrisy the mask of power, from Hobbes to Orwell and beyond / [electronic resource] :
David Runciman.
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2008.
- xii, 272 p. : ill.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Political ethics. Hypocrisy--Political aspects. Political science--Philosophy.