James C. Scott (Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)

Decoding Subaltern Politics

Ideology, Disguise, and Resistance in Agrarian Politics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book brings together James C. Scott's most important work on peasant religion and ideology; everyday forms of peasant resistance; and state technologies of personal identification. In a collection of interrelated essays Scott introduces the major concepts that lie at the core of his work and illustrates, through ethnographic and historical work how they can be understood through practical examples.

Produktdetails

• Asia's Transformations/Critical Asian Scholarship
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 155mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 280g
• ISBN-13: 9780415540100
• ISBN-10: 0415540100
• Artikelnr.: 35451192

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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