LEADER 05533nam 2201105Ia 450 001 9910465117203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786612303852 010 $a1-282-30385-6 010 $a1-4008-3113-X 010 $a1-299-31178-4 010 $a1-4008-4643-9 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400846436 035 $a(CKB)2560000000100070 035 $a(EBL)1114880 035 $a(OCoLC)842854877 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000342127 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11243355 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000342127 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10269964 035 $a(PQKB)11444459 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1114880 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC475854 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000407026 035 $a(OCoLC)847200940 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse37116 035 $a(DE-B1597)447360 035 $a(OCoLC)979579317 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400846436 035 $a(PPN)187961204 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL475854 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10333497 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL230385 035 $a(OCoLC)496293589 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000100070 100 $a20001017d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRational ritual$b[electronic resource] $eculture, coordination, and common knowledge /$fMichael Suk-Young Chwe 205 $aWith a New afterword by the author 210 $aPrinceton, NJ $cPrinceton University Press$dc2001 215 $a1 online resource (153 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-11471-4 311 $a0-691-15828-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tList of Figures and Tables -- $tPreface -- $t1. Introduction -- $t2. Applications -- $t3. Elaborations -- $t4. Conclusion -- $tAppendix. The Argument Expressed Diagrammatically -- $tReferences -- $tAfterword to the 2013 Edition -- $tIndex 330 $aWhy 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 striking erudition, to analyze a range of rituals across history and cultures. He shows that public ceremonies are powerful not simply because they transmit meaning from a central source to each audience member but because they let audience members know what other members know. For instance, people watching the Super Bowl know that many others are seeing precisely what they see and that those people know in turn that many others are also watching. This creates common knowledge, and advertisers selling products that depend on consensus are willing to pay large sums to gain access to it. Remarkably, a great variety of rituals and ceremonies, such as formal inaugurations, work in much the same way. By using a rational-choice argument to explain diverse cultural practices, Chwe argues for a close reciprocal relationship between the perspectives of rationality and culture. He illustrates how game theory can be applied to an unexpectedly broad spectrum of problems, while showing in an admirably clear way what game theory might hold for scholars in the social sciences and humanities who are not yet acquainted with it. In a new afterword, Chwe delves into new applications of common knowledge, both in the real world and in experiments, and considers how generating common knowledge has become easier in the digital age. 606 $aKnowledge, Sociology of 606 $aCognition and culture 606 $aCollective behavior 606 $aRites and ceremonies$xSocial aspects 606 $aRational choice theory 608 $aElectronic books. 610 $aadvertising. 610 $aanthems. 610 $aceremonies. 610 $acollective consciousness. 610 $acommon knowledge. 610 $acommunication. 610 $acoordination problems. 610 $acultural practices. 610 $aculture. 610 $agame theory. 610 $agroup identity. 610 $aindividual emotions. 610 $aintersubjectivity. 610 $airrationality. 610 $aphysical togetherness. 610 $apsychological stimulation. 610 $apublic ceremony. 610 $apublic ritual. 610 $apublicity. 610 $arationality. 610 $aritual speech. 610 $arituals. 610 $atelevision advertising. 610 $atelevision shows. 615 0$aKnowledge, Sociology of. 615 0$aCognition and culture. 615 0$aCollective behavior. 615 0$aRites and ceremonies$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aRational choice theory. 676 $a306.4/2 700 $aChwe$b Michael Suk-Young$f1965-$01047178 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465117203321 996 $aRational ritual$92474605 997 $aUNINA