Jon Elster (/ˈɛlstər/; born 22 February 1940, Oslo) is a Norwegian philosopher and political theorist who holds the Robert K. Merton professorship of Social...
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up Elster in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Elster may refer to: Black Elster (Schwarze Elster), a river in Germany White Elster (Weiße Elster), a...
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constitution. As described by Columbia University Social Sciences Professor Jon Elster: "Constitutions arise in a number of different ways. At the non-democratic...
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Precommitment (section Elster's theory)
precommitment to the story of Ulysses and the Sirens from The Odyssey. Jon Elster first developed a theory of precommitment, which he also calls self-binding...
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Shiping Tang (section On Jon Elster)
have a say on global affairs. Tang argues that Norwegian social theorist Jon Elster is one of the most over-rated scholars in 20th and 21st centuries. "Each...
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psychological defence mechanism by reducing the dissonance through criticism. Jon Elster calls this pattern of mental behaviour "adaptive preference formation"...
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Making Sense of Marx (category Books by Jon Elster)
Marx is a 1985 book about Karl Marx by the social and political theorist Jon Elster, in which the author reevaluates Marx's ideas. The book has received a...
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The school is associated with the "September Group", which included Jon Elster, John Roemer, Adam Przeworski and Erik Olin Wright. Its theorists emphasize...
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Atlantic interests." In that fear, Morris turned out to be in the minority. Jon Elster has suggested that Morris's attempt to limit the future power of the West...
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analytical Marxists include the economist John Roemer, the social scientist Jon Elster, and the sociologist Erik Olin Wright. The work of these later philosophers...
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