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Author:   Michael Suk-Young Chwe
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.539kg
ISBN:  

9780691155760

ISBN 10:   0691155763
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   21 April 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9780691162447
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

Preface xi Abbreviations xiii CHAPTER ONE The Argument 1 CHAPTER TWO Game Theory in Context 9 * Rational Choice Theory 9 * Game Theory 12 * Strategic Thinking 15 * How Game Theory Is Useful 19 * Criticisms 25 * Game Theory and Literature 30 CHAPTER THREE Folktales and Civil Rights 35 CHAPTER FOUR Flossie and the Fox 43 CHAPTER FIVE Jane Austen's Six Novels 49 *Pride and Prejudice 50 *Sense and Sensibility 54 *Persuasion 60 *Northanger Abbey 67 *Mansfield Park 75 *Emma 86 CHAPTER SIX Austen's Foundations of Game Theory 97 * Choice 97 * Preferences 102 * Revealed Preferences 105 * Names for Strategic Thinking 107 * Strategic Sophomores 111 * Eyes 113 CHAPTER SEVEN Austen's Competing Models 115 * Emotions 115 * Instincts 119 * Habits 121 * Rules 124 * Social Factors 127 * Ideology 128 * Intoxication 130 * Constraints 130 CHAPTER EIGHT Austen on What Strategic Thinking Is Not 133 * Strategic Thinking Is Not Selfish 133 * Strategic Thinking Is Not Moralistic 134 * Strategic Thinking Is Not Economistic 135 * Strategic Thinking Is Not About Winning Inconsequential Games 137 CHAPTER NINE Austen's Innovations 141 * Partners in Strategic Manipulation 141 * Strategizing About Yourself 153 * Preference Change 158 * Constancy 167 CHAPTER TEN Austen on Strategic Thinking's Disadvantages 171 CHAPTER ELEVEN Austen's Intentions 179 CHAPTER TWELVE Austen on Cluelessness 188 * Lack of Natural Ability 188 * Social Distance 198 * Excessive Self-Reference 200 * High-Status People Are Not Supposed to Enter the Minds of Low-Status People 202 * Presumption Sometimes Works 205 * Decisive Blunders 205 CHAPTER THIRTEEN Real-World Cluelessness 211 * Cluelessness Is Easier 211 * Difficulty Embodying Low-Status Others 213 * Investing in Social Status 217 * Improving Your Bargaining Position 219 * Empathy Prevention 224 * Calling People Animals 225 CHAPTER FOURTEEN Concluding Remarks 228 References 235 Index 251

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Jane Austen, Game Theorist ... is more than the larky scholarly equivalent of 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.'... Mr. Chwe argues that Austen isn't merely fodder for game-theoretical analysis, but an unacknowledged founder of the discipline itself: a kind of Empire-waisted version of the mathematician and cold war thinker John von Neumann, ruthlessly breaking down the stratagems of 18th-century social warfare. --Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times This is such a fabulous book--carefully written, thoughtful and insightful ... --Guardian.co.uk's Grrl Scientist blog

Jane Austen, Game Theorist ... is more than the larky scholarly equivalent of 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.'... Mr. Chwe argues that Austen isn't merely fodder for game-theoretical analysis, but an unacknowledged founder of the discipline itself: a kind of Empire-waisted version of the mathematician and cold war thinker John von Neumann, ruthlessly breaking down the stratagems of 18th-century social warfare. -- Jennifer Schuessler New York Times This is such a fabulous book--carefully written, thoughtful and insightful ... Guardian.co.uk's Grrl Scientist blog

Jane Austen, Game Theorist ... is more than the larky scholarly equivalent of 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.'... Mr. Chwe argues that Austen isn't merely fodder for game-theoretical analysis, but an unacknowledged founder of the discipline itself: a kind of Empire-waisted version of the mathematician and cold war thinker John von Neumann, ruthlessly breaking down the stratagems of 18th-century social warfare. -- Jennifer Schuessler New York Times

Author Information

Michael Suk-Young Chwe is associate professor of political science at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the author of Rational Ritual: Culture, Coordination, and Common Knowledge (Princeton).

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