Cunning

Want to be cunning? You might wish you were more clever, more flexible, able to cut a few corners without getting caught, to dive now & again into iniquity & surface clutching a prize. You might want to roll your eyes at those slavesof duty who play by the rules. Or you might think there's something sleazy about that stance, even if it does seem to pay off. With pointedly mischievous prose, this book explores what's alluring & what's revolting in cunning. Throughout this beguiling book, Herzog refines our sense of what's troubling in this terrain. He shows that rationality, social roles, & morality are tangled together--and trickier than we thought.