Rational Ritual Culture, Coordination, and Common Knowledge

Name: Rational Ritual Culture, Coordination, and Common Knowledge
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ISBN: 9780691158280

ISBN-10: 0691158282

ISBN-13: 9780691158280

Edition: 2013 (Revised)

Authors: Michael Suk-Young Chwe

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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 knowledge, knowledge of the knowledge of that knowledge, and so on. Michael Chwe applies this insight, with…

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List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 5/21/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 152
Size: 0.10" wide x 0.10" long x 0.10" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English



List of Figures and Tables


Preface



Introduction


What This Book Is Good For


The Argument


Coordination Problems


Common Knowledge


Where the Argument Comes From



Applications


Ceremonies and Authority


How Do Rituals Work?


Inward-Facing Circles


On the Waterfront


Believe the Hype


The Price of Publicity


Strong Links and Weak Links


The Chapel in the Panopticon



Elaborations


Competing Explanations


Is Common Knowledge an Impossible Ideal?


Meaning and Common Knowledge


Contesting Common Knowledge


Common Knowledge and History


Common Knowledge and Group Identity



Conclusion


Appendix. The Argument Expressed Diagrammatically


References


Afterword to the 2013 Edition


Index