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James C. Scott argues that an anarchist squint reveals the mutuality, cooperation, and improvisation of popular movements and resistance. He draws on his fieldwork in Southeast Asia and his reading of anarchist classics to make a case for anarchism as praxis.
Mar 10, 2014 · A spirited defense of the anarchist approach to life. James Scott taught us what’s wrong with seeing like a state. Now, in his most accessible and personal book to date, the acclaimed social scientist makes the case for seeing like an anarchist.
Two Cheers for Anarchism: Six Easy Pieces on Autonomy, Dignity, and Meaningful Work and Play is a 2012 book-length defense of the anarchist perspective, written by anthropologist James C. Scott and published by Princeton University Press.
- James C. Scott
- 2012
Jan 1, 2012 · James Scott taught us what's wrong with seeing like a state. Now, in his most accessible and personal book to date, the acclaimed social scientist makes the case for seeing like an anarchist.
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Two Cheers for Anarchism, James C. Scott channels Proudhon more than punk while making a case for a kinder, gentler form of rebellion than the sort of bomb-throwing, street-fighting rev-olution typically associated with anar-chism. Following Pierre-Joseph Proud-hon, the 19th-century French theorist who asserted that “property is theft,”
Mar 10, 2014 · A spirited defense of the anarchist approach to life. James Scott taught us what's wrong with seeing like a state. Now, in his most accessible and personal book to date, the...
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Mar 10, 2014 · Inspired by the core anarchist faith in the possibilities of voluntary cooperation without hierarchy, Two Cheers for Anarchism is an engaging, high-spirited, and often very funny defense of an anarchist way of seeing—one that provides a unique and powerful perspective on everything from everyday social and political interactions to mass ...
