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Jane Austen, Game Theorist : Updated Edition / Michael Suk-Young Chwe.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Edition: Updated edition with a New AfterwordDescription: 1 online resource (296 p.) : 5 line illus. 9 tablesContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691155760
  • 9781400851331
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 823.7 23
LOC classification:
  • PR4038.G36
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 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
Summary: 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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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 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

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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.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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