Weapons of the Weak

Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance

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Paperback, 392 pages

English language

Published Sept. 10, 1987 by Yale University Press.

ISBN:
978-0-300-03641-1
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Weapons of the Weak: Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance is a 1985 book on everyday forms of rural class conflict as illustrated in a Malaysian village, written by anthropologist James C. Scott and published by Yale University Press.

In Weapons of the Weak, Scott turns his attention to the daily, subtle forms of resistance employed by villagers, a shift from the traditionally studied grand narratives of revolutions and uprisings. His ethnographic research concentrates on seventy families in a Malaysian village, whose lives are profoundly affected by the introduction of irrigation and double cropping, leading to significant social changes.

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reviewed Weapons of the Weak by James C. Scott

A fascinating and prescient case study of resistance to rising capitalism

Although the subject of the study is a farming community in Malaysia, the insights are far reaching. Scott's insights into the workings of capitalism and communism and other intellectual systems of government, and how they contrast with the day-to-day needs of working people have stood the test of time.

Subjects

  • POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
  • Social conflict
  • Peasantry
  • Sociology
  • Politics/International Relations
  • General
  • Political Science / General
  • Passive resistance
  • Malaysia
  • Political activity