Author

James C. Scott

7 books, mostly cultural social issues, for Blackstone Publishing and Audible Studios, 2012–2025

James C. Scott (1936–2024) was an American political scientist and anthropologist who taught at Yale University, where he founded and directed the Agrarian Studies Program. A highly influential writer on peasant politics, state formation, resistance, anarchism, and agrarian societies, he authored books including Weapons of the Weak, Seeing Like a State, The Art of Not Being Governed, Against the Grain, and In Praise of Floods.