James C. Scott
Autore di Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
Sull'Autore
James C. Scott is Sterling Professor of Political Science and codirector of the Agrarian Studies Program at Vale University. His previous books include Domination and the Arts of Resistance, Seeing Like a State, and The Art of Not Being Governed.
Fonte dell'immagine: Drawing of James C. Scott by Karen Eliot.
Opere di James C. Scott
Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed (1998) 1,419 copie
The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia (2009) — Autore — 485 copie
Two Cheers for Anarchism: Six Easy Pieces on Autonomy, Dignity, and Meaningful Work and Play (2012) 270 copie
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- Nome canonico
- Scott, James C.
- Nome legale
- Scott, James Campbell
- Data di nascita
- 1936-12-02
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Durham, Connecticut, USA
- Istruzione
- Williams College (BA)
Yale University (PhD|Political Science|1967) - Attività lavorative
- political scientist
anthropologist
university professor - Organizzazioni
- Yale University
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- John Guggenheim Fellowship
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
National Science Foundation Fellowship
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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- Opere correlate
- 1
- Utenti
- 3,801
- Popolarità
- #6,674
- Voto
- 4.1
- Recensioni
- 61
- ISBN
- 78
- Lingue
- 8
- Preferito da
- 5
Another interesting point: the “high modernism” he criticizes focuses on visual order—neatly laid out rows of plants, streets, etc. But, as he points out, visual disorder can also mean high-functioning complexity—the intestines of a rabbit, in his striking example, are not visually orderly but do a great job at their actual job.
I also found it notable that, at the end, Scott acknowledges that non-state actors can do the same thing. Capitalists are interested in control and appropriability; they will adopt less efficient rules if they can appropriate more of the outputs. Scott described what’s now known as “chickenization” as a capitalist, high-modernist project, offloading risk onto individual farmers who would be easy to surveil precisely because their practices were so rigidly dictated by the chicken processor.… (altro)