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Jon Elster

Sociology

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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  • Also in Geography Atlas: Norway, nationality there.
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1. Jon Elster (Wikipedia)
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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
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