James C. Scott
18 Podcast Episodes
Book Review: Against the Grain by James C. Scott
Book Review: Against the Grain by James C. Scott
I review 'Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States' by James C. Scott. Enjoy! Liked the episode? Please... Read more
6 Mar 2023
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James C. Scott, "Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States" (Yale UP, 2017)
James C. Scott, "Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States" (Yale UP, 2017)
We are schooled to believe that states formed more or less synchronously with settlement and agriculture. In Against the... Read more
23 Sep 2022
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The Domestication of Fire, Animals, Grains and Us - James C. Scott
The Domestication of Fire, Animals, Grains and Us - James C. Scott
https://youtu.be/oQgQRmx19HA #humans #grains #history #domestication #agriculture #archeology #shamanism #jamescscott #f... Read more
12 Apr 2022
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A Book Review - Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed by James C. Scott
A Book Review - Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed by James C. Scott
Compulsory ujamaa villages in Tanzania, collectivization in Russia, Le Corbusier’s urban planning theory realized in Bra... Read more
1 Jun 2021
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Can we domesticate the state or will it domesticate us? — James C. Scott
Can we domesticate the state or will it domesticate us? — James C. Scott
With many path-breaking books, James C. Scott has for long been a key figure in Southeast Asian Studies and in the compa... Read more
14 Apr 2021
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320 The Art of Not Being Governed 5, by James C. Scott
320 The Art of Not Being Governed 5, by James C. Scott
This reading is pages 32-39 of the book The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia, av... Read more
4 Mar 2021
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319 The Art of Not Being Governed 4, by James C. Scott
319 The Art of Not Being Governed 4, by James C. Scott
This reading is pages 22-32 of the book The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia, av... Read more
4 Mar 2021
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318 The Art of Not Being Governed 3, by James C. Scott
318 The Art of Not Being Governed 3, by James C. Scott
This reading is pages 9-22 of the book The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia, ava... Read more
2 Mar 2021
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317 The Art of Not Being Governed 2, by James C. Scott
317 The Art of Not Being Governed 2, by James C. Scott
This reading is the first nine pages of the book, The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeas... Read more
27 Feb 2021
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316 The Art of Not Being Governed 1, by James C. Scott
316 The Art of Not Being Governed 1, by James C. Scott
This reading is the preface of the book, The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia, a... Read more
26 Feb 2021
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