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Jon Elster

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Jon Elster is a Norwegian philosopher and social and political theorist who holds the Robert K. Merton professorship of Social Science at Columbia University and, since 2005, a professorship of social science at the College de France. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Birth Year
1940 1
Birthplace
Oslo, Norway 1
Nationality / Culture
Norwegian 1
Defining Contribution
Analytical Marxism 1
Notable Work
Making Sense of Marx 1
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Associated With

Columbia University, Institutions and Social Structures
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University of Chicago, Institutions and Social Structures
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Nationality

Norway

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Jon Elster (; born 22 February 1940) is a Norwegian philosopher and political theorist who holds the Robert K. Merton professorship of Social Science at Columbia University and since 2005 professor of social science at the Collège de France.
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  • Lead section
    Jon Elster is a Norwegian philosopher and political theorist who holds the Robert K. Merton professorship of Social Science at Columbia University and since 2005 professor of social science at the College de France.
  • Infobox, birth_date
    1940-02-22
  • Infobox, birth_place
    Oslo, Norway
  • Lead section [nationality]
    Norwegian philosopher and political theorist
  • Philosophical work
    a notable proponent of analytical Marxism
  • Selected writings
    Making Sense of Marx. Studies in Marxism and Social Theory
  • Associated With: Columbia University, Article text
    Merton professorship of Social Science at Columbia University and since 2005 professor of social science at the Collège de France.
  • Associated With: University of Chicago, Article text
    He has previously taught at the University of Paris, the University of Oslo, and the University of Chicago, where he became professor of political science in 1984.
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Wikidata: Jon Elster
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