Episode 13: James C. Scott. "The Moral Economy of the Peasant" (1/2)

12/11/2025 44 min Episodio 1022
Episode 13: James C. Scott. "The Moral Economy of the Peasant" (1/2)

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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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