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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

philosophy of history. In an article critical of the analytical Marxism of Jon Elster, Mandel explains the idea as follows: Dialectical determinism as opposed...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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"...

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

artwork of the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Norwegian social theorist Jon Elster used the name of Draper's painting as the title for his 1979 book about...

and Director-General of the NRK Torolf Elster (1911–2006) and was the mother of philosopher Jon Elster. Elster received psychoanalytic training in Prague...

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)...

Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University 2016 Jon Elster (b. 1940)  Norway “for incisive, penetrating, and unceasing drive to examine...

theorist Jon Elster. It is a much shorter version (about one-fourth in length) of Elster's Making Sense of Marx, published a year earlier. Elster also edited...

(1815–1894), dermatologist Finn Devold (1902–1977), marine biologist Jon Elster, political science and sociology Sam Eyde (1866–1940), inventor and industrialist...

of economics - an exception is the philosopher and political theorist Jon Elster. Multiple recipients, such as Jean Tirole, Esther Duflo, and Joshua Angrist...

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...

information be made public and legible to citizens. Hélène Landemore, Jon Elster et al. Edited volume: Collective Wisdom: Principles and Mechanisms, Cambridge...

suggesting new measures and bringing new perspectives on peace and war. 2010: Jon Elster: Justice, Truth, Peace 2011: John Lewis: The Role of Nonviolence in the...

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...