The Psychology of the Main Social Groups
The Psychology of the Main Social Groups
Motivations
This chapter suggests that some of the perverse features of préséance can be understood in a certain perspective. It explains that when the rational-choice model fails, it is either because of indeterminacy or of irrationality. It confirms that indeterminacy arises largely because of uncertainty. The chapter considers the mental precursors and causes of action, such as motivations and beliefs, of the main categories of agents in the ancien régime. It mentions Jean Egret, who emphasized that the major criticism the parlements made of the administrative monarchy was that under the name of the intendant one had established the anonymous despotism of the clerks.
Keywords: préséance, rational–choice model, indeterminacy, irrationality, ancien regime, Jean Egret, administrative monarchy
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