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Informationen zum Autor Jon Elster currently holds the position of Professor at the Chaire de Rationalité et Sciences Sociales, Collège de France. He previously held teaching positions at the University of Oslo, University of Chicago, and Columbia University. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Academie Europeae, and the Norwegian Academy of Science. He is also Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy and Doctor honoris causa of the Universities of Valencia, Stockholm, and Trondheim. His numerous books include Explaining Social Behavior: More Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences (2007), Closing the Books: Transitional Justice in Historical Perspective (2004), and Alchemies of the Mind (1999). Klappentext Arguing that Tocqueville was fundamentally a social scientist rather than a political theorist, Elster emphasizes Tocqueville's substantive and methodological insights. Zusammenfassung The book proposes a new interpretation of Alexis de Tocqueville that views him first and foremost as a social scientist rather than a political theorist. Consistently going beyond exegetical commentary! he argues that Tocqueville is eminently worth reading today for his substantive and methodological insights. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Preference formation; 2. Belief formation; 3. Self-interest and individualism; 4. Passions; 5. Desires, opportunities, capacities; 6. Patterns of social causality; 7. Equality and mobility; 8. Democratic government; 9. Revolution.
