In 1989, the sociologist and erstwhile Marxist Jon Elster wrote that "The elementary unit of social life is the individual human action. To ex-plain social institutions and social change is to show how they arise as the result of the actions and interaction of individuals. This view, often re-ferred to as methodological individualism, is in my view trivially true."
Am I correct to understand that he has since rejected methodological individualism? -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
