Reason and Rationality

Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-691-13900-5
Verlag: Princeton University Press

Buch, Englisch, 88 Seiten, Format (B × H): 106 mm x 159 mm, Gewicht: 120 g

One of the world's most important political philosophers, Jon Elster is a leading thinker on reason and rationality and their roles in politics and public life. In this short book, he crystallizes and advances his work, bridging 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. In place of these approaches, Elster proposes a unified conceptual framework for the study of behavior. Drawing on classical moralists as well as modern scholarship, and using a wealth of historical and contemporary illustrations, Reason and Rationality marks a new development in Elster's thinking while at the same time providing a brief, elegant, and accessible introduction to his work.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Elster, Jon

Weitere Mitwirkende

Rendall, Steven

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Reason and Rationality

Works Cited

Über Autor(innen)

Jon Elster holds the Chaire de Rationalite et Sciences Sociales at the College de France. Among his recent books are "Explaining Social Behavior" and "Closing the Books: Transitional Justice in Historical Perspective".