Jane Austen, Game Theorist
：Jane Austen, Game Theorist
Publication subTitle ：Jane Austen, Game Theorist
Author： Chwe Michael Suk-Young;Chwe Michael Suk-Young;;
Publisher： Princeton University Press
Publication year： 2014
E-ISBN: 9781400851331
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780691162447
Subject： C91 Sociology;D0 Political Theory;D09 in the history of politics, political history;I Literature;I06 Literature, Literature Appreciation;O Mathematical Sciences and Chemical;O225 Game (Game)
Keyword： 政治理论,数理科学和化学,社会学,文学
Language： ENG
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Description
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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