ISBN:
9780691158280
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online-Ressource (153 p)
Paralleltitel:
Print version Rational Ritual : Culture, Coordination, and Common Knowledge (New in Paperback)
DDC:
306.42
Schlagwort(e):
Knowledge, Sociology of
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Cognition and culture
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Collective behavior
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Rites and ceremonies -- Social aspects
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Rational choice theory
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Cognition and culture
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Collective behavior
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Knowledge, Sociology of
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Rational choice theory
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Rites and ceremonies ; Social aspects
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Kurzfassung:
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 t
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Figures; Tables; Preface; 1. Introduction; What This Book Is Good For; The Argument; Coordination Problems; Common Knowledge; Where the Argument Comes From; 2. Applications; Ceremonies and Authority; How Do Rituals Work?; Inward-Facing Circles; 1. Kiva, Chetro Ked, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. Reprinted from Stephen H. Lekson, Great Pueblo Architecture of Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, (Albuquerque, N.M.: National Park Service, 1984). Photograph courtesy of National Park Service, Chaco Canyon National Historical Park.
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2. City Hall, Fort Worth, Texas. Reprinted from Charles T. Goodsell, The Social Meaning of Civic Space: Studying Political Authority through Architecture (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1988), reprinted by permission of the University Press of Kansas. Photograph by Charles Goodsell.3. Festival of Liberty, October 1792. Reprinted from Révolutions de Paris: Dédiés á la nation et au district des Petits Augustins, no. 171. (Paris: Imprimerie des Révolutions, 1792). Courtesy of Fales Library, New York University.; On the Waterfront
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4. ""Payday."" From On the Waterfront, 1954, renewed 1982 ©Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Courtesy of Columbia Pictures.5. About to ascend. From On the Waterfront, 1954, renewed 1982 ©Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Courtesy of Columbia Pictures.; 6. Ship's hold as amphitheater. From On the Waterfront, 1954, renewed 1982 ©Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Courtesy of Columbia Pictures.; Believe the Hype; 7. ""If your friends were entirely frank with you."" Reprinted from Literary Digest, November 21, 1921.
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8. ""True Story: A Sign of the Times,"" Jacobs Field, Cleveland, Ohio. By derf. Reprinted from Chicago Reader, September 13, 1996, section 4, page 28, reprinted by permission of John Backderf.1. Products advertised on the Super Bowl, 1989-2000.; The Price of Publicity; 2. Average audience size and average cost per thousand for various brand categories.; 9. Cost per thousand versus average audience size.; 3. Regressions of average cost per thousand on average audience size, demographic characteristics, four-week reach, and social good.; 10. Total cost of campaign versus four-week reach.
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11. Cost per thousand versus total cost of campaign.Strong Links and Weak Links; 12. Strong links and weak links.; 13. Square and kite.; The Chapel in the Panopticon; 14. Unit F, Stateville Correctional Center, Stateville, Illinois. Reprinted from Gary Marx and Christi Parsons, ""Dangers of the Front Line,"" Chicago Tribune, November 11, 1996. Tribune photograph by John Smierciak.
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15. Bentham's panopticon: chapel galleries are indicated by G and the chapel floor is indicated by M. Reprinted from Jeremy Bentham, Panopticon (1791), plate 2. In The Works of Jeremy Bentham, published under the superintendence of his executor, John Bowring. Vol. 4. Edinburgh: William Tait, 1843.
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