James Campbell Scott was an American political scientist and anthropologist who specialized in comparative politics and was a comparative scholar of agrarian and non-state societies. Trained as a political scientist, his scholarship examined peasant societies, state power, and political resistance, and from 1968 to 1985 he wrote influentially on agrarian politics in peninsular Malaysia; his later work, while retaining a lifelong interest in Southeast Asia and peasantries, ranged across quiet forms of political resistance, the failures of state-led social transformation, the techniques non-state societies use to avoid state control, everyday uses of anarchist principles, and the rise of early agricultural states. He taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison until 1976 and then at Yale, where he held the title of Sterling Professor of Political Science and, from 1991, directed Yale's Program in Agrarian Studies; at his death, the New York Times described him as among the most widely read social scientists.
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Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account Death DateSourced to the subject's own account Death YearSourced to the subject's own account BirthplaceSourced to the subject's own accountMount Holly, New Jersey 1 Death PlaceSourced to the subject's own account Nationality / CultureSourced to the subject's own account Defining ContributionSourced to the subject's own accountTheorized everyday, unorganized forms of peasant resistance to domination, arguing against Gramscian hegemony that subordinate groups do not consent to their own domination. 1 Notable WorkSourced to the subject's own accountWeapons of the Weak: Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance (1985) 1 Connections
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James Campbell Scott (December 2, 1936 – July 19, 2024) was an American political scientist and anthropologist specializing in comparative politics.
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WikipediaEarly life section
Scott was born in Mount Holly, New Jersey, on December 2, 1936.
Personal life and death section
He died at his home on July 19, 2024, at the age of 87.
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was an American political scientist and anthropologist specialising in comparative politics.
Weapons of the Weak section
In Weapons of the Weak: Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance (1985) Scott expanded his theories to peasants in other parts of the world.
Personal life and death section, residence sentence
Scott lived in Durham, Connecticut.
Weapons of the Weak section, opening sentence
In Weapons of the Weak: Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance (1985) Scott expanded his theories to peasants in other parts of the world.
Weapons of the Weak section, Gramsci critique sentence
Against Gramsci, Scott argues that the everyday resistance of subalterns shows that they have not consented to dominance.
Informed By: Hegemony, Weapons of the Weak section, contrast sentence
Scott's theories are often contrasted with Gramscian ideas about hegemony.
Associated With: Anna Tsing, Personal life and death section, Anna Tsing sentence
In 1999, he began a relationship with anthropologist Anna Tsing, which lasted until his death.
Practices Studied: The State, Article text
What I aim to show is that if you put on anarchist glasses and look at the history of popular movements, revolutions, ordinary politics, and the state from that angle, certain insights will appear that are obscured from almost any other angle.
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