Rational ritual : culture, coordination, and common knowledge /
Why do Internet, financial service, and beer commercials dominate Super Bowl advertising? How do political ceremonies establish authority? Why does repetition characterize anthems and ritual speech? Why were circular forms favored for public festivals during the French Revolution? This book answers...
| Основен автор: | Chwe, Michael Suk-Young, 1965- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
℗♭2001.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=295548 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Rational ritual. |
| Резюме: |
Why do Internet, financial service, and beer commercials dominate Super Bowl advertising? How do political ceremonies establish authority? Why does repetition characterize anthems and ritual speech? Why were circular forms favored for public festivals during the French Revolution? This book answers these questions using a single concept: common knowledge. Game theory shows that in order to coordinate its actions, a group of people must form "common knowledge." Each person wants to participate only if others also participate. Members must have knowledge of each other, knowledge of that knowledg. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xiv, 130 pages) : illustrations |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-126) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781400831135 140083113X 0691114714 9780691114712 9780691009490 069100949X |