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