Private Truths, Public Lies The Social Consequences of Preference Falsification

Name: Private Truths, Public Lies The Social Consequences of Preference Falsification
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ISBN: 9780674707580

ISBN-10: 0674707583

ISBN-13: 9780674707580

Edition: 1995 (Reprint)

Authors: Timur. Kuran

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Preference falsification, according to Timur Kuran, is the act of misrepresenting one's wants under perceived social pressures.

Book details

List price: $41.50
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 9/30/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 440
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 1.606
Language: English

Timur Kuran is professor of economics and political science and the Gorter Family Professor of Islamic Studies at Duke University. He is the author of "Islam and Mammon: The Economic Predicaments of Islamism" (Princeton).



Preface


Living a Lie


The Significance of Preference Falsification


Private and Public Preferences


Private Opinion, Public Opinion


The Dynamics of Public Opinion


Institutional Sources of Preference Falsification


Inhibiting Change


Collective Conservatism


The Obstinacy of Communism


The Ominous Perseverance of the Caste System


The Unwanted Spread of Affirmative Action


Distorting Knowledge


Public Discourse and Private Knowledge


The Unthinkable and the Unthought


The Caste Ethic of Submission


The Blind Spots of Communism


The Unfading Specter of White Racism


Generating Surprise


Unforeseen Political Revolutions


The Fall of Communism and Other Sudden Overturns


The Hidden Complexities of Social Evolution


From Slavery to Affirmative Action


Preference Falsification and Social Analysis


Notes


Index