Weapons of the Weak

James C. Scott is the Sterling Professor of Political Science, professor of anthropology, and codirector of the Agrariane, professor of anthropology, and codirector of the Agrarian Studies Program at Yale University. His books include "Seei Studies Program at Yale University. His books include "Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Cong Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed"; "Domination and the Arts of Resistancendition Have Failed"; "Domination and the Arts of Resistance: Hidden Transcripts"; and most recently, "The Art of Not Be: Hidden Transcripts"; and most recently, "The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia.ing Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia." He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Science" He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a mediocre part-time farmer and beekeeper. s and a mediocre part-time farmer and beekeeper.

出版者:Yale University Press

作者:James C. Scott

页数:392

出版时间:1987-9-10

价格:USD 24.00

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780300036411

图书标签:社会学人类学Scott比较政治政治历史阶级斗争英文原版

Weapons of the Weak is an ethnography by James C. Scott that studies the effects of the Green Revolution in rural Malaysia. One of the main objectives of the study is to make an argument that the Marxian and Gramscian ideas of false consciousness and hegemony are incorrect. He develops this conclusion throughout the book, through the different scenarios and characters that come up during his time of fieldwork in the village. This publication, based on 2 years of fieldwork (1978-1980), focuses on the local class relations in a small rice farming community of 70 households in the main paddy-growing area of Kedah in Malaysia. Introduction of the Green Revolution in 1976 eliminated 2/3 of the wage-earning opportunities for smallholders and landless laborers. The main ensuing class struggle is analyzed being the ideological struggle in the village and the practice of resistance itself consisting of: foot-dragging, dissimulation, desertion, false compliance, pilfering, feigned ignorance and sabotage acts. Rich and poor are engaged in an unremitting if silent struggle to define changes in land tenure, mechanization and employment to advance their own interests, and to use values that they share to control the distribution of status, land, work and grain.

读后感

如何在数据，一面之词和社会生活中找到可靠的逻辑，斯科特提供了一个优秀的范本。值得多读几遍。（为什么评论短一点就不可以？）  

《弱者的武器》成书结构 A两个故事延伸出话题 B将社会学的想象力实证出来。介绍广阔的社会背景，力图在历史的纵向和横向环境中描摹出社会的全貌，经济的、社会的、文化的。 C在B的细致社会中，将以往被人们忽视的农民们一些上不得台面的行为，定义为斗争，并确定它们的表现形式...  

這本書講的是東南亞農業社會，讓我聯想到的是工業社會。在從農業文明走向工業文明的過程中，中國的日常管理者們很多時候都要面對書中所述的Negative dynamics：“農民（或民工）利用心照不宣的理解和非正式的網絡，不需要事先協調和計劃，以低姿態的反抗技術進行自衞性的消耗戰...  

這本書講的是東南亞農業社會，讓我聯想到的是工業社會。在從農業文明走向工業文明的過程中，中國的日常管理者們很多時候都要面對書中所述的Negative dynamics：“農民（或民工）利用心照不宣的理解和非正式的網絡，不需要事先協調和計劃，以低姿態的反抗技術進行自衞性的消耗戰...  

用户评价

Scott是我最喜欢的政治人类学家，也是他让我了解原来政治学研究可以这样做。

每次上来豆瓣找书评的时候，是我对中国的未来最有希望的时候，简直是热泪盈眶。

每次看这本书我的脑子像是被台风扫荡过一样只剩下两个内容：“James Scott文笔真好”、“哇在马来西亚乡下待三年，好酷哟～”【主要是everyday resistance实在太trivial了，虽然是个有趣的课题，但讲真没啥好研究的】

Scott想借着农民那些“磨洋工”式的抗争，说明老马的意识形态理论，和葛兰西的霸权理论，都是有问题的。意识形态不意味着全面的思想控制，甚至不意味着底层民众对于权贵阶层合法性的认同，它只是限制了人们对于社会变革可能性的认识。而抗争并不一定需要一个很彻底的good sense，在某种条件下，磨洋工式的抵抗也能给社会带来根本性的变革。这个人的书总是给人一种乍一看很有趣但又很经不起琢磨的感觉。一下子还说不好问题在哪里。但比起《国家的视角》还是好了很多。

Scott是我最喜欢的政治人类学家，也是他让我了解原来政治学研究可以这样做。