17 Facts About Jon Elster

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.

Jon Elster received his PhD in social science from the Ecole Normale Superieure in 1972.

Jon Elster 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.

Jon Elster is a notable proponent of analytical Marxism, and a critic of neoclassical economics and public choice theory, largely on behavioral and psychological grounds.

Jon Elster earned his PhD in 1972 from the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris with a dissertation on Karl Marx under the direction of Raymond Aron.

Jon Elster was a member of the September Group for many years but left in the early 1990s.

Jon Elster previously taught at the University of Oslo in the department of history and held an endowed chair at the University of Chicago, teaching in the departments of philosophy and political science.

Jon Elster is Robert K Merton Professor of Social Sciences with appointments in Political Science and Philosophy at Columbia University and professeur honoraire at the College de France.

Jon Elster was awarded the Jean Nicod Prize in 1997, the John von Neumann Award in 2002, and the Skytte Prize in Political Science in 2016.

Jon Elster is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.

Jon Elster is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, of the American Philosophical Society, of the Academia Europaea, and a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy.

Jon Elster is doctor honoris causa at the universities of Valencia, Stockholm, Oslo, Trondheim, Louvain-la-Neuve, Torcuato di Tella, and the National University of Colombia.

Jon Elster is honorary professor at the University of Chongqing.

Much of Jon Elster's writing is characterized by attempts to use analytical theories, especially rational choice theory, as a springboard for philosophical and ethical analysis, with numerous examples from literature and history.

Jon Elster's work is difficult to summarise in a slogan, but.

Jon Elster criticized Marxists and other social scientists for believing in functionalism and instead tried to give Marxism a foundation in game theory.

Jon Elster wrote numerous books attempting to use rational choice theory for a wide variety of social explanations.