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

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


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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.

Table of Contents:
List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgements Introduction: Who Decides? Daniel Bessner and Nicolas Guilhot Chapter 1. Reading the International Mind: International Public Opinion in Early Twentieth Century Anglo-American Thought Stephen Wertheim Chapter 2. Militant Democracy as Decisionist Liberalism: Reason and Power in the Work of Karl Loewenstein Carlo Invernizzi-Accetti and Ian Zuckerman Chapter 3. Parliamentary and Electoral Decisions as Political Acts Kari Palonen Chapter 4. Decision and Decisionism Nomi Claire Lazar Chapter 5. How Having Reasons Became Making a Decision: The Cold War Rise of Decision Theory and the Invention of Rational Choice Philip Mirowski Chapter 6. Computable Rationality, NUTS, and the Nuclear Leviathan S.M. Amadae Chapter 7. The Unlikely Revolutionaries: Decision Sciences in the Soviet Government Eglė Rindzevičiūtė Chapter 8. Prediction and Social Choice: Daniel Bell and Future Research Jenny Andersson Chapter 9. Predictive Algorithms and Criminal Sentencing Angèle Christin Conclusion: The Myth of the Decision Index

About the Author :
Daniel Bessner is Associate Professor of International Studies in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington.

Review :
“The Decisionist Imagination is more an effort to rethink specific aspects of an existing literature and will find a keen readership amongst those who know it.” • Journal of Contemporary History “The Decisionist Imagination expertly outlines the development of a key component of social scientific thought, placing it into historical context across the whole of the twentieth century, providing a systematic analysis and evaluation of a core concept present in virtually all academic fields.” • Inderjeet Parmar, City University of London


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  • ISBN-13: 9781800739253
  • Publisher: Berghahn Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Berghahn Books
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 320
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  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1800739257
  • Publisher Date: 09 Jun 2023
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
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  • Sub Title: Sovereignty, Social Science and Democracy in the 20th Century


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