Jon Elster

Jon Elster in 2010 Jon Elster (; born 22 February 1940, Oslo) is a Norwegian philosopher and political theorist who holds the Robert K. Merton professorship of Social Science at Columbia University and since 2005 professor of social science at the Collège de France.

He received his PhD in social science from the École Normale Superieure in 1972. He has previously taught at the University of Paris, the University of Oslo, and the University of Chicago, where he became professor of political science in 1984. Since 1995, he has held the Robert K. Merton professorship of Social Science at Columbia University, as well as being professor of social science at the Collège de France since 2005.

Elster has authored works in the philosophy of social science and rational choice theory. He is also a notable proponent of analytical Marxism, and a critic of neoclassical economics and public choice theory, largely on behavioral and psychological grounds. In 2016, he was awarded the 22nd Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science for his contributions to political science. Provided by Wikipedia
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    An introduction to Karl Marx by Elster, Jon, 1940-

    Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1986
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    Strong feelings emotion, addiction, and human behavior by Elster, Jon, 1940-

    Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1999
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    Alchemies of the mind : rationality and the emotions by Elster, Jon, 1940-

    Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999
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    Alexis de Tocqueville the first social scientist by Elster, Jon, 1940-

    Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009
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    France before 1789 The Unraveling of an Absolutist Regime by Elster, Jon, 1940-

    Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2020
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    Reason and rationality by Elster, Jon, 1940-

    Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2009
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    Securities against misrule juries, assemblies, elections by Elster, Jon, 1940-

    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013
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    Strong feelings : emotion, addiction, and human behavior by Elster, Jon, 1940-

    Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1999
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    Local justice in America

    New York, N.Y. : Russell Sage Foundation, 1995
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    The Multiple self

    Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1986
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    Tocqueville the Ancien Régime and the French Revolution by Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859

    Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011
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    Constitutionalism and democracy

    Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1988
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    Alternatives to capitalism

    Cambridge ; New York : Paris : Cambridge University Press ; Editions de la Maison des sciences de l'homme, 1989
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    Transitional justice

    New York : New York University Press, 2012
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    Transitional justice

    New York : NYU Press, 2012
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