Jon Elster (/ˈɛlstər/; born 22 February 1940, Oslo) is a Norwegian philosopher and political theorist who holds the Robert K. Merton professorship of Social...

up Elster in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Elster may refer to: Black Elster (Schwarze Elster), a river in Germany White Elster (Weiße Elster), a...

constitution. As described by Columbia University Social Sciences Professor Jon Elster: "Constitutions arise in a number of different ways. At the non-democratic...

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...

psychological defence mechanism by reducing the dissonance through criticism. Jon Elster calls this pattern of mental behaviour "adaptive preference formation"...

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...

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...

SparkNotes: the French Revolution (1789–1799): The National Assembly: 1789–1791 Jon Elster. 2020. France before 1789: The Unraveling of an Absolutist Regime. Princeton...

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...

analytical Marxists include the economist John Roemer, the social scientist Jon Elster, and the sociologist Erik Olin Wright. The work of these later philosophers...

anomalous situation and gave it considerable attention. His solution is what Jon Elster has described as the "abdication" or "abstention" theory. It contends...

Theory and Practice, 1996. Andrew Reeve, Modern Theories of Exploitation" Jon Elster, "Exploring Exploitation", The Journal of Peace Research, Vol. 15, No...

The school is associated with the "September Group", which included Jon Elster, John Roemer, Adam Przeworski and Erik Olin Wright. Its theorists emphasize...

contributing to the notion of deliberative democracy include Carlos Nino, Jon Elster, Roberto Gargarella, John Gastil, Jürgen Habermas, David Held, Joshua...

Sour Grapes: Studies in the Subversion of Rationality, a 1983 book by Jon Elster "Sour Grapes", a song by Puscifer from "V" Is for Vagina "Sour Grapes"...

consciousness - Social Stratification, Marxism & Class Conflict". Britannica. Jon Elster (1986). "Class Consciousness and Class Struggle". An Introduction to Karl...

marzo-aprile 1970, p.29, republished in F. Indovina (1972) Lo spreco edilizio Jon Elster, An Introduction to Karl Marx, Cambridge, England, 1990 (first pub. 1986)...

emerged along different lines. A prominent critic is the philosopher Jon Elster, who in a series of writings has claimed that theories in Becker's framework...

United Kingdom Unknown British 1900–1976 Gérard Duménil – French 1942– Jon Elster Oslo, Norway – Norwegian 1940– Arghiri Emmanuel Patras, Greece Paris,...

include self-employed artisans, small shopkeepers, and many professionals. Jon Elster has found mention in Marx of 15 classes from various historical periods...

theorists as Samuel Bowles, David Gordon, John Roemer, Herbert Gintis, Jon Elster, and Adam Przeworski have adopted the techniques of neoclassical economics...

2013. Retrieved 8 March 2011 – via Google Books. Calhoun 2002, p. 23. Jon Elster (1985). Making sense of Marx. Cambridge University Press. p. 217. ISBN 978-0-521-29705-9...

applicable. The late philosopher G. A. Cohen, along with political scientist Jon Elster, and John Roemer, used Rawls's writings extensively to inaugurate the...

Fleurbaey, Samuel Bowles, David Gordon, John Roemer, Herbert Gintis, Jon Elster, and Adam Przeworski have adopted the techniques of neoclassical economics...

University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-85332-3. Osiatyński, Wiktor (1996). Jon Elster (ed.). The Roundtable Talks and the Breakdown of Communism. Chicago: University...

or whether its application is overextended or overworked. For example, Jon Elster argued that: Capitalist entrepreneurs are agents in the genuinely active...

theories on the basis of their predictive success, the social theorist Jon Elster has argued that an explanation in the social sciences is more convincing...

literature and law." A 2013 article in Aftenposten by Norwegian philosopher Jon Elster criticised the conferment to Latour, by saying "The question is, does...

Understanding Choice, Explaining Behavior: Essays in Honour of Ole-Jørgen Skog, Jon Elster, Olav Gjelsvik, Aanund Hyland, and Karl Moene (Eds.). Oslo, Norway: Oslo...

Wright, the philosopher Andrew Levine, the social and political theorist Jon Elster, and Levi herself. Petersen described the book as "a novel and controversial...