Political hypocrisy : the mask of power, from Hobbes to Orwell and beyond / / David Runciman.
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| Year of Publication: | 2008 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 272 p. :; ill. |
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Table of 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.