Jane Austen, Game Theorist
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Jane Austen, Game Theorist

Updated Edition

Michael Suk-Young Chwe

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eBook - ePub

Jane Austen, Game Theorist

Updated Edition

Michael Suk-Young Chwe

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About This Book

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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Publisher
Princeton University Press
Year
2014
ISBN
9781400851331
Topic
Política y relaciones internacionales
Subtopic
Historia y teoría política

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Abbreviations
  8. CHAPTER ONE The Argument
  9. CHAPTER TWO Game Theory in Context
  10. CHAPTER THREE Folktales and Civil Rights
  11. CHAPTER FOUR Flossie and the Fox
  12. CHAPTER FIVE Jane Austen’s Six Novels
  13. CHAPTER SIX Austen’s Foundations of Game Theory
  14. CHAPTER SEVEN Austen’s Competing Models
  15. CHAPTER EIGHT Austen on What Strategic Thinking Is Not
  16. CHAPTER NINE Austen’s Innovations
  17. CHAPTER TEN Austen on Strategic Thinking’s Disadvantages
  18. CHAPTER ELEVEN Austen’s Intentions
  19. CHAPTER TWELVE Austen on Cluelessness
  20. CHAPTER THIRTEEN Real-World Cluelessness
  21. CHAPTER FOURTEEN Concluding Remarks
  22. Afterword to the Paperback Edition
  23. References
  24. Index