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Jane Austen, Game Theorist
Updated Edition
Michael Suk-Young Chwe
- 296 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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Jane Austen, Game Theorist
Updated Edition
Michael Suk-Young Chwe
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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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- CHAPTER ONE The Argument
- CHAPTER TWO Game Theory in Context
- CHAPTER THREE Folktales and Civil Rights
- CHAPTER FOUR Flossie and the Fox
- CHAPTER FIVE Jane Austen’s Six Novels
- CHAPTER SIX Austen’s Foundations of Game Theory
- CHAPTER SEVEN Austen’s Competing Models
- CHAPTER EIGHT Austen on What Strategic Thinking Is Not
- CHAPTER NINE Austen’s Innovations
- CHAPTER TEN Austen on Strategic Thinking’s Disadvantages
- CHAPTER ELEVEN Austen’s Intentions
- CHAPTER TWELVE Austen on Cluelessness
- CHAPTER THIRTEEN Real-World Cluelessness
- CHAPTER FOURTEEN Concluding Remarks
- Afterword to the Paperback Edition
- References
- Index