Jon Elster
Jon Elster (; born 22 February 1940, Oslo) is a Norwegian philosopher and political theorist who holds the Robert K. Merton professorship of Social Science at Columbia University and since 2005 professor of social science at the Collège de France.He received his PhD in social science from the École Normale Superieure in 1972. He has previously taught at the University of Paris, the University of Oslo, and the University of Chicago, where he became professor of political science in 1984. Since 1995, he has held the Robert K. Merton professorship of Social Science at Columbia University, as well as being professor of social science at the Collège de France since 2005.
Elster has authored works in the philosophy of social science and rational choice theory. He is also a notable proponent of analytical Marxism, and a critic of neoclassical economics and public choice theory, largely on behavioral and psychological grounds. In 2016, he was awarded the 22nd Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science for his contributions to political science. Provided by Wikipedia
-
1
-
2
Political psychology
Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1993Format: Book
-
3
Ulysses and the Sirens : studies in rationality and irrationality
Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Paris : Cambridge University Press ; Editions de la Maison des sciences de l'homme, 1984
Rev. ed.Format: Book
-
4
Nytt perspektiv på økonomisk historie. : Problemer og medoter i en samfunnsvitenskap.
Oslo : Pax, 1971Format: Book
-
5
An introduction to Karl Marx
Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1986Format: Book
-
6
Ulysses unbound : studies in rationality, precommitment, and constraints
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000Format: Book
-
7
Local justice : how institutions allocate scarce goods and necessary burdens
New York : Russell Sage Foundation, 1992Format: Book
-
8
Solomonic judgements : studies in the limitations of rationality
Cambridge ; New York : Paris : Cambridge University Press ; Editions de la Maison des Sciences de l'homme, 1989Format: Book
-
9
Alchemies of the mind : rationality and the emotions
Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999Format: Book
-
10
Ulysses and the Sirens : studies in rationality and irrationality
Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1979Format: Book
-
11
Strong feelings : emotion, addiction, and human behavior
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2000
1st MIT Press pbk. ed.Format: Book
-
12
Strong feelings : emotion, addiction, and human behavior
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1999Format: Book
-
13
Explaining social behavior : more nuts and bolts for the social sciences
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007Other Authors: “…Elster, Jon, 1940-…”
Format: Book
-
14
Sour grapes : studies in the subversion of rationality
Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Paris : Cambridge University Press ; Editions de la Maison des Sciences de l'homme, 1983Format: Book
-
15
Securities against misrule : juries, assemblies, elections
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013Format: Book
-
16
Making sense of Marx
Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Paris : Cambridge University Press ; Editions de la Maison des Sciences de l'homme, 1985Format: Book
-
17
America before 1787 : the unraveling of a colonial regime
Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2023Format: Book
-
18
-
19
Nuts and bolts for the social sciences
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989Format: Book
-
20
Institutional design in post-communist societies : rebuilding the ship at sea
New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998Format: Book