Runciman, David.

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.


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Political ethics.
Hypocrisy--Political aspects.
Political science--Philosophy.


Electronic books.

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