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Download or read book The Sociology of Hypocrisy written by Assoc Prof Stephen G Wieting and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2015-11-28 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identifying the negative effects of the detection of hypocrisy at individual and institutional levels, the author engages with the work of Goffman to argue for the importance of trust in institutions, underlining the necessity of minimizing and correcting hypocritical acts by which this is undermined. A detailed study of hypocrisy and the need for trust, this volume will appeal to scholars and students of sociology with interests in social and moral conduct, sport, religion, Goffman and the notion of social life as artifice.