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Rational Ritual

Culture, Coordination, and Common Knowledge

By: Michael Suk-Young Chwe

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Rational Ritual

Culture, Coordination, and Common Knowledge

By: Michael Suk-Young Chwe

Why do beer commercials dominate Super Bowl advertising? How do political ceremonies establish authority? Why were circular forms favored for public festivals during the French Revolution? This book answers these questions using a single concept: common knowledge. Game theory shows that in order to coordinate its actions, a group of people must form "common knowledge." Each person wants to participate only if others also participate. Members must have knowledge of each other, knowledge of that knowledge, and so on. Michael Chwe applies this insight, with striking erudition, to analyze a range of rituals across history and cultures. He shows that public ceremonies are powerful not simply because they transmit meaning from a central source to each audience member but because they let audience members know what other members know. In a new afterword, Chwe delves into new applications of common knowledge, both in the real world and in experiments, and considers how generating common knowledge has become easier in the digital age." -- From the jacket.

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Princeton University Press

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0691158282

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9780691158280

Jane Austen, Game Theorist

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By: Michael Suk-Young Chwe

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Jane Austen, Game Theorist

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By: Michael Suk-Young Chwe

How the works of Jane Austen show that game theory is present in all human behavior Game theory—the study of how people make choices while interacting with others—is one of the most popular technical approaches in social science today. But as Michael Chwe reveals in his insightful new book, Jane Austen explored game theory's core ideas in her six novels roughly two hundred years ago—over a century before its mathematical development during the Cold War. Jane Austen, Game Theorist shows how this beloved writer theorized choice and preferences, prized strategic thinking, and analyzed why superiors are often strategically clueless about inferiors. Exploring a diverse range of literature and folktales, this book illustrates the wide relevance of game theory and how, fundamentally, we are all strategic thinkers.

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Princeton University Press

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0691162441

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9780691162447

Managing Defense Transformation

Agency, Culture and Service Change

By: Adam N. Stulberg,Michael D. Salomone

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Managing Defense Transformation

Agency, Culture and Service Change

By: Adam N. Stulberg,Michael D. Salomone

Why are some military organizations more adept than others at reinventing themselves? Why do some efforts succeed rapidly while others only gather momentum over time or become sidetracked or even subverted? This book explicates the conditions under which military organizations have both succeeded and failed at institutionalizing new ideas and forms of warfare. Through comparative analysis of some classic cases - US naval aviation during the interwar period; German and British armour development during the same period; and the US Army's experience with counter-insurgency during the Vietnam War - the authors offer a novel explanation for change rooted in managerial strategies for aligning service incentives and norms. With contemporary policy makers scrambling to digest the lessons of recent wars in Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as to meet the unfolding challenges of the new revolution in military affairs (RMA), understanding the sources and impediments to transformation has become critical.

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Routledge

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1317101774

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9781317101772

An A-Z of Jane Austen

By: Michael Greaney

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An A-Z of Jane Austen

By: Michael Greaney

Jane Austen's richly textured worlds have enchanted readers for centuries and this neatly organised, playful book provides Austen enthusiasts and students alike with a unique insight into the much-loved writer's way with words. Using a lively A-Z structure, Greaney provides fresh angles on familiar Austen themes (D is for dance; M is for matchmaking), casts light on under-examined corners of her imagination (R is for risk; S is for servant), and shows how current social and cultural concerns are re-shaping our understanding of her work (Q is for queer; W is for West Indies). Through this approach, we learn how attention to the tiniest linguistic detail in Austen's work can yield rewarding new perspectives on the achievements of one of our most celebrated authors. Sharply focused on textual detail but broad in scope it broaches questions that, like Austen's work, will intrigue, delight and inspire: Why are children so marginal in her storylines? Who is the best exponent of matchmaking in her fiction? Why are many of her female characters – but none of her heroines – called Jane? Providing a new close-up encounter with one of our most celebrated writers, this book invites a renewed appreciation of the infinite subtlety and endless re-readability of a body of writing in which every word counts.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350254231

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9781350254237

Theorizing Rituals, Volume 2: Annotated Bibliography of Ritual Theory, 1966-2005

By: Jens Kreinath,J.A.M. Snoek,Michael Stausberg

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Theorizing Rituals, Volume 2: Annotated Bibliography of Ritual Theory, 1966-2005

By: Jens Kreinath,J.A.M. Snoek,Michael Stausberg

Volume two of Theorizing Rituals mainly consists of an annotated bibliography of more than 400 items covering those books, edited volumes and essays that are considered most relevant for the field of ritual theory. Instead of proposing yet another theory of ritual, the bibliography is a comprehensive monument documenting four decades of theorizing rituals.

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BRILL

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9047421825

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9789047421825

Leadership in a VUCA World

The Jedi Path to Agile Mastery

By: Michael Fuchs,Jochen Messner,Robert Sok

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Leadership in a VUCA World

The Jedi Path to Agile Mastery

By: Michael Fuchs,Jochen Messner,Robert Sok

VUCA is not just another acronym. Originally coined by the American military to describe a situation fraught with a variety of challenges, it now has a permanent place in the realms of strategic leadership. Those who have made it into an enterprise management role are finding that their leadership skills are truly being tried and tested on account of the volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous environment we are in. Agility is now the name of the game. Developing one's leadership skills to match this requirement, and to not only surmount the challenges posed by the VUCA world but do so in a mature and authentic way, is what this book is all about. It gently submerges the reader into an impressive tank of knowledge that the authors, experts in the field of personal development, have amassed during their careers. Psychology, mythology and examples of real-life enterprises are accompanied by the excellent analogy of one of our best-known heroes, Luke Skywalker of the Star Wars films, to illustrate that there is nothing to fear, that we all have the potential to act courageously. At regular intervals throughout the book, the reader is presented with thought-provoking questions and statements, the answers to which will help them eventually resurface with a clear picture of how to use their skills and talents to motivate themselves and others to proceed wisely in the corporate landscape. Contents: An expert guide from three vastly experienced and accomplished executive coaches Learn effectively at your own pace, any time and anywhere Convincing background knowledge and examples

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Haufe-Lexware

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3648121502

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Rational Ritual

Culture, Coordination, and Common Knowledge

By: Michael Suk-Young Chwe

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Culture, Coordination, and Common Knowledge

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Princeton University Press

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Jane Austen, Game Theorist

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By: Michael Suk-Young Chwe

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Jane Austen, Game Theorist

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By: Michael Suk-Young Chwe

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Jane Austen, Game Theorist

By: Michael Suk-Young Chwe

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Jane Austen, Game Theorist

By: Michael Suk-Young Chwe

Game theory is one of the most popular technical approaches in social science today. This book suggests that Jane Austen explored game theory's core ideas in her six novels roughly two hundred years ago. This book shows how this beloved writer theorized choice and preferences, prized strategic thinking, argued that jointly strategizing with a partner is the surest foundation for intimacy, and analyzed why superiors are often strategically clueless about inferiors. With a diverse range of literature and folktales, this book illustrates the wide relevance of game theory and how, fundamentally, we are all strategic thinkers. Although game theory's mathematical development began in the Cold War 1950s, Chwe finds that game theory has earlier subversive historical roots in Austen's novels and in "folk game theory" traditions, including African American folktales. Chwe makes the case that these literary forebears are game theory's true scientific predecessors. He considers how Austen in particular analyzed cluelessness, the conspicuous absence of strategic thinking, and how her sharp observations apply to a variety of situations, including U.S. military blunders in Iraq and Vietnam.

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0691155763

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Theorizing Rituals, Volume 2: Annotated Bibliography of Ritual Theory, 1966-2005

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