The Moral Economy of the Peasant: Rebellion and Subsistence in Southeast AsiaYale University Press, 1977年9月10日 - 254 頁 James C. Scott places the critical problem of the peasant household—subsistence—at the center of this study. The fear of food shortages, he argues persuasively, explains many otherwise puzzling technical, social, and moral arrangements in peasant society, such as resistance to innovation, the desire to own land even at some cost in terms of income, relationships with other people, and relationships with institutions, including the state. Once the centrality of the subsistence problem is recognized, its effects on notions of economic and political justice can also be seen. Scott draws from the history of agrarian society in lower Burma and Vietnam to show how the transformations of the colonial era systematically violated the peasants’ “moral economy” and created a situation of potential rebellion and revolution. Demonstrating keen insights into the behavior of people in other cultures and a rare ability to generalize soundly from case studies, Scott offers a different perspective on peasant behavior that will be of interest particularly to political scientists, anthropologists, sociologists, and Southeast Asianists. “The book is extraordinarily original and valuable and will have a very broad appeal. I think the central thesis is correct and compelling.”—Clifford Geertz “In this major work, … Scott views peasants as political and moral actors defending their values as well as their individual security, making his book vital to an understanding of peasant politics.”—Library Journal James C. Scott is professor of political science at Yale University. |
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... peasant family — a secure subsistence - at the center of the study of peasant politics , where I believe it belongs . I try to show how the fear of dearth explains many otherwise anomalous technical , social , and moral arrangements in ...
... peasant family — a secure subsistence - at the center of the study of peasant politics , where I believe it belongs . I try to show how the fear of dearth explains many otherwise anomalous technical , social , and moral arrangements in ...
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... peasant societies , given rise to what might appropriately be termed a " subsistence ethic . ” This ethic , which Southeast Asian peasants shared with their counter- parts in nineteenth - century France , Russia , and Italy , was a ...
... peasant societies , given rise to what might appropriately be termed a " subsistence ethic . ” This ethic , which Southeast Asian peasants shared with their counter- parts in nineteenth - century France , Russia , and Italy , was a ...
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... peasant politics . The argument itself grows out of a prolonged effort on my part to understand some of the major peasant rebellions which swept much of Southeast Asia during the Great Depression of the 1930s . Two of those ...
... peasant politics . The argument itself grows out of a prolonged effort on my part to understand some of the major peasant rebellions which swept much of Southeast Asia during the Great Depression of the 1930s . Two of those ...
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... peasant revolution . That task has been attempted , and with notable success , by Barrington Moore Jr. and Eric R. Wolf . A study of the moral economy of peasants can tell us what makes them angry and what is likely , other things being ...
... peasant revolution . That task has been attempted , and with notable success , by Barrington Moore Jr. and Eric R. Wolf . A study of the moral economy of peasants can tell us what makes them angry and what is likely , other things being ...
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... peasant cultivator and then to examine his relationships to his neighbors , to elites , and to the state in terms of whether they aid or hinder him in meeting that need , is to recast many issues . It is this " safety - first ...
... peasant cultivator and then to examine his relationships to his neighbors , to elites , and to the state in terms of whether they aid or hinder him in meeting that need , is to recast many issues . It is this " safety - first ...
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35 | |
3 The Distribution of Risk and Colonial Change | 56 |
4 The State as Claimant | 91 |
5 The Depression Rebellions | 114 |
Reciprocity and Subsistence as Justice | 157 |
7 Revolt Survival and Repression | 193 |
Index | 241 |
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