Books | |
Author | Don Herzog |
Illustrator | |
ISBN | 0691124159 |
Binding | Hardcover |
Condition | Used - Good |
Condition Description | |
Category | Humanities & Political Sciences |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Publication Date | January 2006 |
"With pointedly mischievous prose, Don Herzog explores what's alluring and what's revolting in cunning. He draws on a colorful range of sources: tales of Odysseus; texts from Machiavelli; pamphlets from early modern England; salesmen's newsletters; Christian apologetics; plays, sermons; philosophical treatises; detective novels; famous, infamous, and obscure historical cases; and more." "The book is in three parts, bookended by two murderous churchmen. "Dilemmas" explores some canonical moments of cunning and introduces the distinction between knaves and fools as a "time-honored but radically deficient scheme." "Appearances" assails conventional approaches to unmasking. Surveying ignorance and self-deception, "Despair?" deepens the case that you ought to be cunning - and then sees what we might say in response."--BOOK JACKET.