1995 PrivateTruthsPublicLies
- (Kuran, 1995) ⇒ Timur Kuran. (1995). “Private Truths, Public Lies.” Harvard University Press.
Subject Headings: Social Pressure, Private View.
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1. Central Concept: Examines how people hide their true beliefs in public due to social pressures while maintaining different private views
2. Power Dynamics: Shows how seemingly stable social/political systems can suddenly collapse when people's suppressed private preferences finally emerge
3. Three-Factor Model: People evaluate choices based on three utility factors when deciding whether to express true preferences or falsify them
4. Knowledge Corruption: Demonstrates how consistent preference falsification corrupts public discourse and human knowledge over time
5. Historical Applications: Explains major historical events like the unexpected collapse of communist regimes and persistence of social systems like India's caste system
6. Stability Illusion: Reveals how preference falsification creates false stability in vulnerable systems while masking underlying instability
7. Cascade Effect: Small triggers can cause massive social changes when they release previously suppressed views
8. Intergenerational Impact: Shows how new generations inherit distorted cultural knowledge because they're only exposed to "acceptable" public views
9. Self-Reinforcing Cycle: Describes how cultural pressure leads to preference falsification, which strengthens perceived consensus, increasing pressure to conform
10. Interdisciplinary Approach: Draws from economics, psychology, sociology, and political science to create a unified theory of how preference falsification influences collective decisions
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| Author | volume | Date Value | title | type | journal | titleUrl | doi | note | year | |
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| 1995 PrivateTruthsPublicLies | Timur Kuran | Private Truths, Public Lies | 1995 |