@inbook{10.2307/j.ctt7rx36.6,
 ISBN = {9780691114712},
 URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt7rx36.6},
 abstract = {How do cultural practices such as rituals and ceremonies constitute power? Clifford Geertz (1983, p. 124) writes that “the easy distinction between the trappings of rule and its substance becomes less sharp, even less real; what counts is the manner in which . . . they are transformed into each other.” Lynn Hunt (1984, p. 54) is more direct: during the French Revolution, “political symbols and rituals were not metaphors of power; they were the means and ends of power itself.” How exactly does this happen? What is the mechanism?Our explanation starts by saying that submitting to a social},
 bookauthor = {Michael Suk-Young Chwe},
 booktitle = {Rational Ritual: Culture, Coordination, and Common Knowledge},
 pages = {19--73},
 publisher = {Princeton University Press},
 title = {Applications},
 year = {2001}
}