Political hypocrisy : the mask of power, from Hobbes to Orwell and beyond /
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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| Формат: | Licensed eBooks |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2018.
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| Хэвлэл: | Revised edition. |
| Онлайн хандалт: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1682205 |
Агуулга:
- 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.