Michael Suk Young Chwe: 2 books
Rational Ritual
Culture, Coordination, and Common Knowledge
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2013
Why do Internet, financial service, and beer commercials dominate Super Bowl advertising? How do political ceremonies establish authority? Why does repetition characterize anthems and ritual speech? Why were circular forms favored for public festivals during the French Revolution? This book answers...
Jane Austen, Game Theorist
Updated Edition
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2014
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...