On Lying and Politics: A Library of America Special Publication

by Hannah Arendt

Book Overview

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?

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1598537318
• ISBN13: 9781598537314
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Library of America
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.7" x 7.4"