Name: The Moral Economy of the Peasant: Rebellion and Subsistence in Southeast Asia
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Author: James C. Scott
ISBN: 9780300021905

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The Moral Economy of the Peasant: Rebellion and Subsistence in Southeast Asia

Type

Physical Book

Author

James C. Scott

Publisher

Yale University Press

Year

1977

Language

English

Pages

254

Format

Paperback

Weight

0.55

ISBN

0300021909

ISBN13

9780300021905

Synopsis "The Moral Economy of the Peasant: Rebellion and Subsistence in Southeast Asia "

James C. Scott places the critical problem of the peasant household-subsistence-at the center of this study. The fear of food shortages, he argues persuasively, explains many otherwise puzzling technical, social, and moral arrangements in peasant society, such as resistance to innovation, the desire to own land even at some cost in terms of income, relationships with other people, and relationships with institutions, including the state. Once the centrality of the subsistence problem is recognized, its effects on notions of economic and political justice can also be seen. Scott draws from the history of agrarian society in lower Burma and Vietnam to show how the transformations of the colonial era systematically violated the peasants' "moral economy" and created a situation of potential rebellion and revolution. Demonstrating keen insights into the behavior of people in other cultures and a rare ability to generalize soundly from case studies, Scott offers a different perspective on peasant behavior that will be of interest particularly to political scientists, anthropologists, sociologists, and Southeast Asianists. "The book is extraordinarily original and valuable and will have a very broad appeal. I think the central thesis is correct and compelling."-Clifford Geertz "In this major work, ... Scott views peasants as political and moral actors defending their values as well as their individual security, making his book vital to an understanding of peasant politics."-Library Journal James C. Scott is professor of political science at Yale University.

James C. Scott

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James C. Scott is Sterling Professor of Political Science, professor of anthropology, and co-director of the Agrarian Studies Program at Yale University. Among his books are Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed; Domination and the Arts of Resistance: Hidden Transcripts; and most recently, The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a mediocre farmer and beekeeper.

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