index 225
potlatch feasts, 16 , 27 , 110
power, 1 , 8 ; concept of, 36 ; foreign policy
and, 36 ; frustrated powers, 112 ; gift and,
107 – 9 ; indexes of, 48 ; international rela-
tions and, 46 , 112 , 114 , 168 n 13 (see also
international relations); middle powers,
113 , 114 , 115 ; military and, 6 (see also
military); positional, 8 ; prestige and, 6 ,
7 , 8 , 25 , 46 , 163 ; prestige seeking and,
25 ; security and (see security, national)
preferences, 25 , 26
prestige, 1 , 35 ; analysis of, 12 – 13 , 157 , 162 ;
Big Science and, 122 ; conspicuous con-
sumption and, 3 , 4 , 13 , 25 , 154 (see also
conspicuous consumption); definition
of, 5 , 6 – 8 , 9 , 168 n 16 ; function and,
23 ; hierarchy and, 8 , 28 ; international
relations and, 3 , 4 – 13 , 29 , 157 , 163 (see
also international relations); notoriety
and, 162 ; positional, 8 , 28 ; power and,
6 , 7 , 8 , 25 , 163 (see also power); prestige
space, 42 ; rationalism and, 158 (see also
rationalist approach); reflected, 10 , 12 ;
self- esteem and, 9 , 10 , 11 , 13 , 168 n 22 ,
169 n 23 ; signals and, 15 ; social capital
and, 4 , 6 , 7 , 9 , 28 ; space and, 42 ; status
and, 4 , 8 , 168 n 16 , 168 n 19 (see also status
symbols); study of, 154 ; subjective ben-
efits, 9 , 10 ; taste and, 171 n 49 ; utility
and, 17 , 136 ; weaponry and (see weap-
ons); word origin, 13 ; zero- sum game,
186 n 1
prices, 19 , 24 – 26 , 27 , 171 n 49. See also con-
spicuous consumption
primary utility, 17 – 19 , 30 , 136 , 159 – 60
productivity, 23
property rights, 18
prosociality, 4 , 30 , 32 ; altruism and, 93 ;
bandwagoning, 99 ; benefits of, 94 ; class
and, 112 – 18 ; as collective good, 94 , 95 ,
98 ; conflict and, 109 – 12 ; conspicuous
consumption and, 91 , 92 , 100 – 116 , 119 ;
costly signals, 102 , 104 ; counterintuitive
findings, 103 – 4 ; dominance and, 105 – 9 ;
evolutionary biology and, 181 n 17 ; ex-
ploitation hypothesis and, 113 ; gift
economy and, 106 ; international, 92 ,
100 , 112 – 18 ; national security and, 30 ,
31 ; primitive societies and, 104 ; private
utility, 99 ; puzzles of, 119 ; rationalist
analysis, 91 , 93 – 100 ; reciprocity and, 97 ;
social comparison, 106 ; tokenism and,
92 , 96 ; tribal, 103 ; welfare and, 92rationalist approach, 14 ; arms races and,
155 ; conspicuous consumption and, 29 ,
158 – 61 ; international relations and, 161 ;
preferences and, 25 ; prestige and, 158 ;
prosociality and, 92 , 93 – 100 ; rational
choice models, 8 , 25 , 172 n 52 ; symbol-
ism and, 35 ; utility and, 158 ; Veblen and,
35 ; wars and, 154 , 155
Ratte (tank), 56
realism, 164
reciprocity, 97 , 105 , 107
Rome, ancient, 41 , 50
Rousseau, Jean- Jacques, 4
Royal Society, 139 – 42
Rushdie, Salman, 1 , 3Samuelson, Paul, 25
San Gimignano, Italy, 39
Saunders, Phillip C., 42
Scandinavian countries, 55 , 95 , 96 , 98
scarcity, 52 , 174 n 20
Schneider, G. H., 92
Schwartzman, Simon, 48
Schweller, Randall L., 52 – 53
science, 31 , 57 , 131 – 33. See also Big Science;
and specific topics
secondary utility, 18 , 26 , 38
security, national: arms races and, 186 n 3
(see also arms races); Big Science and,
30 , 31 ; deterrence and, 65 – 69 ; dilemma,
23 , 155 ; international relations and, 29 –
30 ; military and, 2 , 3 , 4 , 6 , 15 , 30 ; naval
vessels and, 30 ; ontological secu rity,
169 n 28 ; power and (see power); proso-
ciality and, 30 , 31 ; tower building and,
39 – 40 ; Veblen effects, 30 , 31 ; weapons
and (see weapons). See also specific
countries, topics
self- esteem, 9 , 10 , 11 , 13 , 168 n 22 , 169 n 23
Senegal, 152
September 11 attacks, 108
Seven Years’ War, 139
Shiv, Baba, 171 n 49
signals, 2 ; consumption and (see conspicu-
ous consumption); efficiency, 173 n 12 ;
evolution and, 37 , 38 ; indexes and,
174 n 16 ; international relations and,
171 n 47 ; prestige and, 15 (see also