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On Lying and Politics

A Library of America Special Publication

ISBN-13: 9781598537314

Contributor(s): Hannah Arendt (author), David Bromwich (author)

Subjects: Politics & Government

Publisher: PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE GROUP

Publisher Imprint: Library Of America

Publication Date: 22-09-2022

Format: Paperback

Availability: In stock

£11.99

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About the book

'No one,' Hannah Arendt observed, 'has ever counted truthfulness as a political virtue.' But why do politicians lie? What is the relationship between political lies and self-delusion? And how much organized deceit can a democracy endure before it ceases to function? Fifty years ago, the century's greatest political theorist turned her focus to these questions in two seminal essays, brought together here for the first time. Her conclusions, delivered in searching prose that crackles with insight and intelligence, remain powerfully relevant, perhaps more so today than when they were written.

On Lying and Politics

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