Decoding subaltern politics : ideology, disguise, and resistance in agrarian politics / James C. Scott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scott, James C.

Series:

Asia's Transformations/Critical Asian Scholarship

Asia's transformations

Critical Asian scholarship ; 8

Routledge studies in Asia's transformations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peasants--Political activity.

Peasants.

Social movements.

Social stratification.

Agriculture and state.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 understa

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright Page; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 The ""way"" of peasant politics-agrarian revolt and the little tradition: the religious dimension; 3 Themes of peasant politics: localism, syncretism, profanation -agrarian revolt and the little tradition: the political dimension; 4 Modes of dissimulation; 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 states: the case of the permanent family surname; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-21098-9

0-203-09504-9

1-283-84382-X

1-136-21099-7

9780203095041

OCLC:

821175674