Jon Elster

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Gender	Male
Age	84
Date of birth	February 22,1940
Zodiac sign	Pisces
Born	Oslo
	Norway
Parents	Torolf Elster
	Magli Elster
Grandparents	Ola Raknes
	Kristian Elster
	Aslaug Vaa
Job	Philosopher
	Political scientist
Education	University Paris 8
	University Paris Descartes
	Oslo Cathedral School
	Universidad de París V Descartes
	Oslo Cathedral High School
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Awards	Guggenheim Fellowship for Social Sciences, US & Canada
	Jean Nicod Prize
Affiliations	Columbia University
H index	111
Interests	Democratic Theory
	Constitutions
Date of Reg.	2019-03-09 09:16:15
Date of Upd.	2023-08-24 00:12:18
ID	554424

Nuts and bolts for the social sciences
Closing the Books: Transitional Justice in Historical Perspective
Sour Grapes: Studies in the Subversion of Rationality
An Introduction to Karl Marx
Alchemies of the mind
Ulysses Unbound
Reason and rationality
The cement of society
Local Justice
Explaining technical change
Solomonic judgements
Logic and society
Securities Against Misrule: Juries, Assemblies, Elections
Alexis de Tocqueville, the First Social Scientist
Strong Feelings: Emotion, Addiction, and Human Behavior
Alternatives to capitalism
Psicologia Politica - Politica
Institutional Design in Post-communist Societies
Leibniz et la formation de l'esprit capitaliste
Proverbes, maximes, émotions
Desires and Opportunities: Alexis de Tocqueville's Political Psychology
Vitenskap og politikk
Psychologie politique
Om utbytting
Ulysses and the Sirens
Making Sense of Marx
La Democracia Deliberativa

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Jon Elster Life story

Jon Elster is a Norwegian philosopher and political theorist who holds the Robert K. Merton professorship of Social Science at Columbia University. He received his PhD in social science from the École Normale Superieure in 1972.