Weapons of the Weak

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Weapons of the Weak
Weapons of the Weak.jpg
First edition
AuthorJames C. Scott
SubjectAnthropology
Published1985 (Yale University Press)
Pages389
ISBN0300033362

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.

Weapons of the weak include sabotage, foot-dragging, evasion, false compliance, pilfering, feigned ignorance, and slander.

Further reading[]

  • Adas, Michael, 1943- (October 15, 1987). "Review: Weapons of the Weak". Journal of Social History. 21: 149–152. doi:10.1353/jsh/21.1.149.
  • Byres, Terence J. (November 15, 1986). "Review: Weapons of the Weak". Times Literary Supplement: 1287.
  • Chang, Grace (September 2011). "Rev. of Weapons of the Weak". Women's Review of Books. 28 (5): 12–14.
  • Downing, Brian M. (July 1987). "Rev. of Weapons of the Weak". Ethics. 97 (4): 875–876. doi:10.1086/292905. JSTOR 2381221.
  • Esman, Milton J. (March 1987). "Review". The American Political Science Review. 81 (1): 310–313. doi:10.2307/1960832. JSTOR 1960832.
  • Ewell, J. (July–August 1997). "The sparrow and the hawk (Book Review) (Undetermined)". Choice (Conari Press). 34: 1860. ISSN 0009-4978.
  • Gaenslen, Fritz (August 1987). "Rev. of Weapons of the Weak". The Journal of Politics. 49 (3): 879–882. doi:10.2307/2131289. JSTOR 2131289.
  • Guha, Ramachandra (November 21, 1987). "Presentation of Class in Everyday Life". Economic and Political Weekly. 22 (47): 2000–2002. JSTOR 4377757.
  • Kerkvliet, Benjamin J. Tria (January–April 1988). "Review: Weapons of the Weak". Journal of Asian & African Studies. 23: 217–218. doi:10.1163/156852188x00240.
  • Larew, M.M. (July 3, 1986). "Review: Weapons of the Weak". Choice (Conari Press). 23: 1720. ISSN 0009-4978.
  • Lev, Daniel S. (May 1987). "Rev. of Weapons of the Weak". The Journal of Asian Studies. 46 (2): 462–463. doi:10.2307/2056073. JSTOR 2056073.
  • Mitchell, Timothy (October 1990). "Everyday Metaphors of Power". Theory and Society. 19 (5): 545–577. doi:10.1007/bf00147026. JSTOR 657563. S2CID 144496266.
  • Moore, Mick (January 1987). "Review". Modern Asian Studies. 21 (4): 824–827. doi:10.1017/S0026749X00009343. JSTOR 312765.
  • Muratorio, Blanca (August 1987). "Rev. of Weapons of the Weak". American Ethnologist. 14 (3): 585–586. doi:10.1525/ae.1987.14.3.02a00330. JSTOR 644982.
  • Ramasamy, P. (October 15, 1992). "Review: Weapons of the Weak". Labor Studies Journal. 17: 97–98. ISSN 0160-449X.
  • Scott, James C. (September 2005). "Afterword to 'Moral Economies, State Spaces, and Categorical Violence'". American Anthropologist. New Series. 107 (3): 395–402. doi:10.1525/aa.2005.107.3.395. JSTOR 3567025.
  • Seddon, David (November 1988). "Review: Weapons of the Weak". Sociology. 22: 666–668. doi:10.1177/0038038588022004037. S2CID 220443790.
  • Sivaramakrishnan, K. (September 2005). "Introduction to 'Moral Economies, State Spaces, and Categorical Violence'". American Anthropologist. New Series. 107 (3): 321–330. doi:10.1525/aa.2005.107.3.321. JSTOR 3567018.
  • Sivaramakrishnan, K. (September 2005). "Some Intellectual Genealogies for the Concept of Everyday Resistance". American Anthropologist. New Series. 107 (3): 346–355. doi:10.1525/aa.2005.107.3.346. JSTOR 3567020.
  • Taylor, Donald C. (February 1987). "Review". American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 69 (1): 206–207. doi:10.2307/1241340. JSTOR 1241340.
  • Van Der Veer, Peter (November 1991). "Domination and the arts of resistance (Book Review) (Undetermined)". Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 518: 215. doi:10.1177/0002716291518001040.
  • Williams, Michael (December 1986). "Rev. of Weapons of the Weak". International Affairs. 63 (1): 165–166. doi:10.2307/2620323. JSTOR 2620323.
  • Williams, Penry (April 2006). "[Negotiating Power in Early Modern Society]". English Historical Review. 121: 532–535. doi:10.1093/ehr/cel019.

External links[]


Retrieved from ""