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James C. Scott
AuthorBooks · Second hand1936-2024
James Campbell Scott was an American political scientist and anthropologist specializing in comparative politics. He was a comparative scholar of agrarian and non-state societies.
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About James C. Scott
Birth
1936
Death
2024
First book
1976
Years writing
50
James Campbell Scott was an American political scientist and anthropologist specializing in comparative politics. He was a comparative scholar of agrarian and non-state societies.
James C. Scott was a prominent American political scientist and anthropologist who dedicated his life to studying peasant resistance.
His most influential work, Seeing Like a State, analyzes how large-scale state projects often ignore the complexity of daily life.
Through his research in Malaysia, he explored the subtle ways in which subordinate groups challenge established power.
His thinking evolved toward an anarchist perspective, advocating for autonomy against centralized control structures.
With a prolific academic career, he published over one hundred works that transformed our understanding of history and agrarian politics.
