Political Hypocrisy
The Mask of Power, from Hobbes to Orwell and Beyond
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Published on 9. February 2009
288 pages
978-1-4008-2819-7 (ISBN)
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The Mask of Power, from Hobbes to Orwell and Beyond, Revised Edition - Second Edition
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David Runciman is reader in political theory at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Trinity Hall. He is the author of The Politics of Good Intentions (Princeton), and writes regularly about politics for the London Review of Books.David Runciman is reader in political theory at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Trinity Hall. He is the author of The Politics of Good Intentions (Princeton), and writes regularly about politics for the London Review of Books.
David Runciman is reader in political theory at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Trinity Hall. He is the author of The Politics of Good Intentions (Princeton), and writes regularly about politics for the London Review of Books.David Runciman is reader in political theory at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Trinity Hall. He is the author of The Politics of Good Intentions (Princeton), and writes regularly about politics for the London Review of Books.
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Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
Chapter 1: Hobbes and the Mask of Power 16
Chapter 2: Mandeville and the Virtues of Vice 45
Chapter 3: The American Revolution and the Art of Sincerity 74
Chapter 4: Bentham and the Utility of Fiction 116
Chapter 5: Victorian Democracy and Victorian Hypocrisy 142
Chapter 6: Orwell and the Hypocrisy of Ideology 168
Conclusion: Sincerity and Hypocrisy in Democratic Politics 194
Notes 227
Bibliography 245
Index 259
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
Chapter 1: Hobbes and the Mask of Power 16
Chapter 2: Mandeville and the Virtues of Vice 45
Chapter 3: The American Revolution and the Art of Sincerity 74
Chapter 4: Bentham and the Utility of Fiction 116
Chapter 5: Victorian Democracy and Victorian Hypocrisy 142
Chapter 6: Orwell and the Hypocrisy of Ideology 168
Conclusion: Sincerity and Hypocrisy in Democratic Politics 194
Notes 227
Bibliography 245
Index 259
