Cynicism

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Everyone's a cynic, yet few will admit it. Today's cynics excuse themselves half-heartedly?'I hate to be a cynic, but...'?before making their pronouncements. Narrowly opportunistic, always on the take, contemporary cynicism has nothing positive to contribute. The Cynicism of the ancient Greeks, however, was very different. This Cynicism was a marginal philosophy practiced by a small band of eccentrics. Bold and shameless, it was committed to transforming the values on which civilization depends. In this volume of the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Ansgar Allen charts the long history of cynicism, from the 'fearless speech' of Greek Cynics in the fourth century BCE to the contemporary cynic's lack of social and political convictions.