Rational Ritual: Culture, Coordination, and Common Knowledge

Rational Ritual: Culture, Coordination, and Common Knowledge is a 2001 book by Michael Chwe a professor at UCLA. Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, said the rational ritual in Cwas' book is an "important idea for designing social media" and included the book in his Mark Zuckerberg book club.[1]

Overview

Rational Ritual seeks to understand human rituals, including weddings, inaugurations, and political rallies, in terms of common knowledge generation. Common knowledge is a technical term (see Common knowledge (logic)) introduced by the philosopher David Kellogg Lewis in 1969 and brought into game theory by Robert Aumann. Rational Ritual argues that one of the purposes of a ritual is to create common knowledge.

Reviews

The book was reviewed in The New York Times,[2] Economica,[3] Journal of Economic Literature,[4] Economic Journal,[5] Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation.[6]

Awards and honors

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Richard Feloni (April 1, 2015). "Mark Zuckerberg hopes this book will help shape his vision for Facebook". Business Insider. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  2. ↑ Virginia Postrel (April 25, 2002). "From Weddings to Football, the Value of Communal Activities". New York Times. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  3. ↑ Tilman Börgers (2004). "Book review" (PDF). Economica 71. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  4. ↑ Vince Crawford (June 2002). "Book review" (PDF). Journal of Economic Literature 40 (2). Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  5. ↑ Aviad Heifetz (February 2004). "Book review" (PDF). Economic Journal. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  6. ↑ Juliette Rouchier (March 2002). "Book Review" (PDF). Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation 5 (2). Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  7. ↑ Michael Chwe (April 8, 2015). "Mark Zuckerberg wants people to understand common knowledge. What’s common knowledge?". Washington Post. Retrieved April 19, 2015.

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