Sincerity: How a Moral Ideal Born Five Hundred Years Ago Inspired Religious Wars, Modern Art, Hipster Chic, and the Curious Notion That We All Have Something to Say (No Matter How Dull)

A Wall Street Journal Top-Ten Nonfiction Book of 2012 and a New York Times Editors' Choice A cultural and intellectual history of sincerity, from its emergence during the Protestant Reformation to its present incarnations and adversaries.People have long been duped by "straight-talking" politicians, confessional talk-show hosts More »