The politics of sincerity : Plato, frank speech, and democratic judgment /

The politics of sincerity : Plato, frank speech, and democratic judgment /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Markovits, Elizabeth, 1975-
Imprint:	University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2008.
Description:	x, 234 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Communication in politics -- United States. Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States. Honesty -- Political aspects -- United States. Communication in politics. Politics and government. Rhetoric -- Political aspects. United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009 United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6836648

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ISBN:	9780271033396 (cloth : alk. paper) 0271033398 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-228) and index.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Trouble with Being Earnest
2. Midwiving Socrates
3. Socratic Irony and the Art of Politics
4. Citizen Judgment and Myth in the Republic
5. Beyond Sincerity: Truth, Trust, and Judgment in Democratic Life
Bibliography
Index