Political Hypocrisy : The Mask of Power, from Hobbes to Orwell and Beyond /

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What kind of hypocrite should voters choose as their next leader? The question seems utterly cynical. But, as David Runciman suggests, it is actually much more cynical to pretend that politics can ever be completely sincere. The most dangerous form of political hypocrisy is to claim to have a politi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Runciman, David
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2008.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Political science > Philosophy
Political ethics
HISTORY > World.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
Hypocrisie > Aspect politique.
Morale politique.
Political science > Philosophy.
Hypocrisy > Political aspects.
Political ethics.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:What kind of hypocrite should voters choose as their next leader? The question seems utterly cynical. But, as David Runciman suggests, it is actually much more cynical to pretend that politics can ever be completely sincere. The most dangerous form of political hypocrisy is to claim to have a politics without hypocrisy. Political Hypocrisy is a timely, and timeless, book on the problems of sincerity and truth in politics, and how we can deal with them without slipping into hypocrisy ourselves.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (288 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781400828197

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