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020 _a9781598537314
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050 1 4 _aJA79
_b.A725 2022
100 1 _aArendt, Hannah,
_d1906-1975,
_eauthor.
_4aut
245 1 0 _aOn lying and politics /
_cHannah Arendt ; introduction by David Bromwich.
260 _aNew York:
_bA Library of America.
_ccopyright 2022.
300 _axxxix, 119 pages ;
_c19 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aLibrary of America special publication
520 _a"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?--From publisher description.
700 1 _aBromwich, David,
_d1951-
_eauthor of introduction, etc.
830 0 _aLibrary of America special publication.
942 _2lcc
_cBK
999 _c19629
_d19629