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Auteur(s) : Scott, James C. (1936-....)
Titre(s) : Decoding subaltern politics [Texte imprimé] : ideology, disguise, and resistance in agrarian politics / James C. Scott
Publication : London : Routledge, 2013
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (158 p.) ; 24 cm
Collection : Asia's transformations
Critical Asian scholarship ; 8
Lien à la collection : Asia's transformations
Critical Asian scholarship
Comprend : Introduction ; The "way" of peasant politics : agrarian revolt and the little tradition
; Themes of peasant politics : localism, syncretism, profanation ; Modes of dissimulation
; Dissimulation in practice : resistance to the tithe in France and Malaysia : below
the radar ; The state's grip on the vernacular world ; The production of legal identities
proper to states : the case of the permanent family surname.
Note(s) : 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 Politics, brings together some of his
most important work in one volume. The book covers three distinct yet interlinked
bodies of work. The first lays out a framework for understanding peasant politics
and rebellion, much of which is applicable to rural areas of the contemporary global
south. Scott then goes on to develop his arguments regarding everyday forms of peasant
resistance using the comparative example of the religious tithe in France and Malaysia,
and tracing the forms of resistance that cover their own tracks and avoid direct clashes
with authorities. For much of the world's population, and for most of its history,
this sort of politics was far more common than the violent clashes that dominate the
history books, and in this book one can examine the anatomy of such resistance in
rich comparative detail. Finally, Scott explores how the state's increasing grip on
its population: its identity, land-holding, income, and movements, is a precondition
for political hegemony. Crucially, in examining the invention of state-mandated legal
identities, especially, the permanent patronym and the vagaries of its imposition
on vernacular life, Scott lays bare the micro-processes of state-formation and resistance.
Written by one of the leading social theorists of our age, Decoding Subaltern Politics:
Ideology, Disguise, and Resistance in Agrarian Politics is an indispensible guide
to the study of subaltern culture and politics and is essential reading for political
scientists, anthropologists, sociologists and historians alike
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : Ideology, disguise, and resistance in agrarian politics
Sujet(s) : Paysannerie -- Activité politique
Politique agricole
Mouvements sociaux
Stratification sociale
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780415539753 (hbk.) (alk. paper). - ISBN 0415539757 (hbk.) (alk. paper). - ISBN
9780415540100 (pbk.) (alk. paper). - ISBN 0415540100 (pbk.) (alk. paper). - ISBN 9780203095041
(erroné) (ebk.). - ISBN 0203095049 (erroné) (ebk.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb436493838
Notice n° :
FRBNF43649383
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