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The book proposes a new interpretation of Alexis de Tocqueville that views him first and foremost as a social scientist rather than a political theorist.... Læs mere
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A masterful new account of old regime France by one of the world's most prominent political philosophersFrance before 1789 traces the historical... Læs mere
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Seeks to bridge the gap between philosophers who use the idea of reason to assess human behavior from a normative point of view and social scientists who use the idea of rationality to explain behavior. This book proposes a unified conceptual framework for the study of behavior.
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Jon Elster's influential study of irrationality subverts orthodox theories of rational choice. Presented in a fresh twenty-first-century series... Læs mere
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Elster proposes a normative theory of collective decision making. The central proposal is that in designing democratic institutions one should reduce the impact of self-interest, passion, prejudice and bias on the decision makers, and let the chips fall where they may.