On Lying and Politics : A Library of America Special Publication Dept_17 Henry James's "The Jolly Corner"

Henry James's "The Jolly Corner" - Tim Pratt

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On Lying and Politics : A Library of America Special Publication Dept_17 Henry James's "The Jolly Corner"More urgent than ever, two landmark essays by the legendary political theorist on the greatest threat to democracy, gathered with a new introduction by David Bromwich 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