Pants on Fire

ebook On Lying in Politics: A Conversation with Martin Jay · Ideas Roadshow Conversations

By Howard Burton

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This book is based on an in-depth conversation between Howard Burton and renowned intellectual historian Martin Jay, UC Berkeley. A thought-provoking book in dialogue format examining Martin Jay's extensive research on lying in politics from Plato and St. Augustine to Hannah Arendt and Leo Strauss which culminated in his book The Virtues of Mendacity.

This carefully-edited book includes an introduction,The Varnished Truth, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:

  • A Fruitful Approach: Investigating "the political"
  • The Liar's Stage: From Machiavelli to political play-acting
  • Lies, American Style: A central concern?
  • Transcending Kant: The Value of nuance
  • Coming Clean: Appreciating what we know
  • Monological Dangers: Truth as the enemy of the political
  • Democracy: Its porous nature and implications
  • Getting Worse? In search of a Golden Age of truth-telling
  • Puritanical Dangers: Fanatical truth-telling
  • Politics vs. Science: Similarities and differences
  • Summing Up: Admissions and conclusions
  • About Ideas Roadshow Conversations Series (100 books):

    Presented in an accessible, conversational format, Ideas Roadshow books not only explore frontline academic research featuring world-leading researchers, including 3 Nobel Laureates, but also reveal the inspirations and personal journeys behind the research. Howard Burton holds a PhD in physics and an MA in philosophy, and was the Founding Director of Canada's Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.

    Pants on Fire