1st Edition
Decoding Subaltern Politics Ideology, Disguise, and Resistance in Agrarian Politics
By James C. Scott
Copyright 2013
176 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
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James C. Scott has researched and written on subaltern groups, and, in particular, peasants, rebellion, resistance, and agriculture, for over 35 years. Yet much of Scott’s most interesting work on the peasantry and the state, both conceptually and empirically, has never been published in book form. For the first time Decoding Subaltern Politics: Ideology, Disguise, and Resistance in Agrarian... Read more
1. Introduction 2. The "Way" Of Peasant Politics 3. Themes Of Peasant Politics; Localism, Syncretism, Profanation 4. Modes Of Dissimulation: The Infra-Politics Of Subordinate Groups 5. Dissimulation In Practice: Resistance To The Tithe In France And Malaysia—Below The Radar 6. The State’s Grip On The Vernacular World 7. The Production Of Legal Identities Proper To The State: The Case Of The Permanent Family Surname
Biography
James C. Scott is the Sterling Professor of Political Science and Professor of Anthropology, and is Director of the Agrarian Studies Program at Yale University, USA.
