The Decisionist Imagination: Sovereignty, Social Science and Democracy in the 20th Century

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Synopsis
In the decades following World War II, the science of decision-making moved from the periphery to the center of transatlantic thought. The Decisionist Imagination explores how “decisionism” emerged from its origins in prewar political theory to become an object of intense social scientific inquiry in the new intellectual and institutional landscapes of the postwar era. By bringing together scholars from a wide variety of disciplines, this volume illuminates how theories of decision shaped numerous techno-scientific aspects of modern governance—helping to explain, in short, how we arrived at where we are today.
Copyright:
2019

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ISBN-13:
9781785339165
Related ISBNs:
9781785339158, 9781800739253
Publisher:
Berghahn Books, Incorporated
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Copyrighted By:
Daniel Bessner, Nicolas Guilhot
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Philosophy, Politics and Government
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Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Daniel Bessner
Edited by:
Nicolas Guilhot

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