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chadlesbianjasontodd · 4 months ago

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james c scott, one of academia's most widely beloved anarchists, has died. you may remember him for his seminal book seeing like a state, or for his number of other, equally spectacular books on systems of state domination and the effectiveness of 'barbarian' resistances. i don't have anything to say, really; this just feels like a very great loss.

#i was so excited in late 2019 when i heard he was coming to speak at our university in the fall - which never happened for obvious reasons.#you may also know his name from people arguing about if he's a real anarchist and if-#-making a handshake deal with the cia for some years after his undergrad has irretrievably contaminated him forever #(to which i say. 1. everybody at his universities describes him explicitly and only as an anarchist and 2. every academic publication #especially those on leftist movements or southeast asia or both. but every one.#is the result of a careful negotiation about what to reveal to the u.s. government.)

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