Preface and acknowledgments
Part I. Ulysses Revisited: How and Why People Bind Themselves: 1. Introduction: Constraint theory
2. Passion as a reason for self-binding
3. Time-inconsistency and discounting
4. Time-inconsistency and strategic behavior
5. Passion as a device for self-binding
6. Variations on a Russian nobleman
7. Addiction and precommitment
8. Obstacles, objections and alternatives
Part II. Ulysses Unbound: Constitutions as Constraints: 9. Introduction
10. Disanalogies with individual precommitment
11. The nature and structure of constitutions
12. Constraints on constitution-making
13. Two levels of constitutional precommitment
14. Self-binding in Athenian politics
15. Interest and passion in Philadelphia and Paris
16. Time-inconsistency, discounting and delays
17. Omnipotence, strategic behavior and separation of powers
18. Efficiency
19. Obstacles and objections
20. Ulysses unbound
Part III. Less is More: Creativity and Constraints in the Arts: 21. Introduction
22. Daydreaming: creativity without constraints
23. Constraints and conventions in the arts
24. Constraints, value, and creativity
25. Originality, authenticity, and creativity
26. The Hays code
27. Lucien Leuwen as an empty set
28. Randomization in the arts
29. Creativity and constraints in jazz
30. Obstacles and objections
Coda
References.
Preface and acknowledgments; Part I. Ulysses Revisited: How and Why People Bind Themselves: 1. Introduction: Constraint theory; 2. Passion as a reason for self-binding; 3. Time-inconsistency and discounting; 4. Time-inconsistency and strategic behavior; 5. Passion as a device for self-binding; 6. Variations on a Russian nobleman; 7. Addiction and precommitment; 8. Obstacles, objections and alternatives; Part II. Ulysses Unbound: Constitutions as Constraints: 9. Introduction; 10. Disanalogies with individual precommitment; 11. The nature and structure of constitutions; 12. Constraints on constitution-making; 13. Two levels of constitutional precommitment; 14. Self-binding in Athenian politics; 15. Interest and passion in Philadelphia and Paris; 16. Time-inconsistency, discounting and delays; 17. Omnipotence, strategic behavior and separation of powers; 18. Efficiency; 19. Obstacles and objections; 20. Ulysses unbound; Part III. Less is More: Creativity and Constraints in the Arts:
