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LEADER: 01743cam 2200265Ia 4500
001 233798838
008 080703s2009 njua b 000 0 eng
010 $a2008029705
020 $a0691139008 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a9780691139005 (hardcover : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBTCTA$dUKM$dC#P$dBWX$dYDXCP$dIXA$dSNK$dNLGGC$dGUL$dMARCIVE
041 1 $aeng$hfre
050 00 $aBC177$b.E4713 2009
100 1 $aElster, Jon,$d1940-
240 10 $aRaison et raisons.$lEnglish.
245 10 $aReason and rationality /$cJon Elster ; translated by Steven Rendall.
260 $aPrinceton :$bPrinceton University Press,$cc2009.
300 $a79 p. :$bill. ;$c16 cm.
500 $aTranslated from the French.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 69-76)
520 1 $a"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."--BOOK JACKET.
599 $ayywL.
650 0 $aPractical reason.
650 0 $aRational choice theory.
650 0 $aPhilosophy and social sciences.