Political hypocrisy the mask of power, from Hobbes to Orwell and beyond /

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Main Author: Runciman, David
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2008.
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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.