James C. Scott

Quotes

• “It is time someone put in a good word for the petite bourgeoise. Unlike the working class and capitalists, who have neve...”
• “The petite bourgeoise and small property in general represent a precious zone of autonomy and freedom in state systems i...”
• “That frontier operated as a rough and ready homeostatic device; the more a state pressed its subjects, the fewer subject...”
• “Encouragement of sedentarism is perhaps the oldest "state project," a project related to the second-oldest state project...”