Chwe Rational Ritual

Culture, Coordination, and Common Knowledge
With a New afterword by the author
ISBN: 978-1-4008-4643-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 152 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Chwe, Michael Suk-Young

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophische Logik, Argumentationstheorie
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Operations Research Spieltheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures and Tables ix

Preface xiii

1. Introduction 3

What This Book Is Good For 3

The Argument 8

Coordination Problems 11

Common Knowledge 13

Where the Argument Comes From 16

2. Applications 19

Ceremonies and Authority 19

How Do Rituals Work? 25

Inward-Facing Circles 30

On the Waterfront 33

Believe the Hupe 37

The Price of Publicity 49

Strong Links and Weak Links 61

The Chapel in Panopticon 66

3. Elaborations 74

Competing Explanations 74

Is Common Knowledge an Impossible Ideal? 76

Meaning and Common Knowledge 79

Contesting Common Knowledge 83

Common Knowledge and History 87

Common Knowledge and Group Identity 91

4. Conclusion

Appendix. The Argument Expressed Diagrammatically 101

References 113

Afterword to the 2013 Edition 127

Index 135

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Suk-Young Chwe is Associate Professor of political science at the University of California, Los Angeles and author of Jane Austen, Game Theorist (Princeton).