• James C. Scott, Domination and the Arts of Resistance (1/2)
    Dec 22 2025

    In this episode I review Domination and the Arts of Resistance by James C. Scott, exploring the concepts of public and hidden transcripts. What can we gain by looking at the world through the lens of hidden transcripts?

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    37 mins
  • Episode 17: James C. Scott, Weapons of the Weak (3/3)
    Dec 9 2025

    The conclusion to my study of James C. Scott's Weapons of the Weak: Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance.

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    31 mins
  • Episode 16: James C. Scott, Weapons of the Weak (2/3)
    Dec 4 2025

    This episode is part 2 of my review of James C. Scott's examination of a Malay village, Weapons of the Weak: Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance. It is a slow burn but it builds toward an impressive interpretation.

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    36 mins
  • Episode 15: James C. Scott, "Weapons of the Weak" (1/3)
    Nov 26 2025

    We get to know a Malay village down to its last family through James C. Scott's anthropological study Weapons of the Weak: Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance. What are the styles of everyday resistance in your workplace?

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    33 mins
  • Episode 14: James C. Scott, The Moral Economy of the Peasant (2/2)
    Nov 17 2025

    In this episode I finish reading The Moral Economy of the Peasant by the brilliant James C. Scott. So what do you think of this book and its ongoing relevance?

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    29 mins
  • Episode 13: James C. Scott. "The Moral Economy of the Peasant" (1/2)
    Nov 12 2025

    I begin my deep dive into the works of James C. Scott with The Moral Economy of the Peasant. In this work, Scott explores the subsistence ethic and the consequences of it for peasant resistance. Is it just me or were lots of people writing about peasants in the 1970s and 1980s?

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    44 mins
  • Episode 12: Karl Jacoby, Crimes Against Nature
    Nov 6 2025

    As we prepare for our deep dive into James C. Scott's work, we finish up with a related text, Karl Jacoby's Crimes Against Nature. This is one of the more fascinating looks at the history of conservation and helps us ask the question, for just who were the conservationists conserving, and did they do a better job that the people who made their living in spaced deemed "wilderness".

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    36 mins
  • Episode 11: Catherine McNeur, "Taming Manhattan" (2/2)
    Nov 4 2025

    The conclusion to my review of TAMING MANHATTAN by Catherine McNeur. What can we learn from this book about making more environmentally sustainable cities? Will the drive to improve urban environments always lead to the class wars and conflicts discussed in this book?

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    25 mins