Two Cheers for Anarchism

193 Pages·2013·4.1 MB·English

by  James C. Scott

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Contents
Illustrations vii
Preface ix
one The UseosfD isoradnedr" Charisma"1
two VernacOurldaerOr ffi,c iaOlr der 30
three The ProductoifHo unm an Beings5 7
four TwoC heefrostr h Pee tBtoyu rgeois8i4e
fiev ForP olitics 101
six ParticualnadFr liutxy 192
Notes 134
Acknogmwelnetds 151
Index 135
Illustrations
Frontispiece. ii
1.1M.e moforrit ahUlen knDoeswenr bty er,
MehmeAtk soPyo,t sdam. 8
1.. 2Dr.M artLiunt hKeirn Jgr,. , dehliilsva esrti ng
sermoMne,m phiTse,n nesAspere3i,,l1 968. 26
2.1S.ci enftoirfiecLs itt,h uania. 38
2.2E.dg aArn dersdorna'wsi fnogtrsh Vee rnacular
GardeGnu,a temala.
{aA)n o rchagradr den. 50
{bD)e tailed idgelnytpihtfyshi penl ga natnsd
theciart egoirnti hees garden. 51
59
3.1.P layground construDcetnimoanrsk,. Emdrup,
3.2.V ietnaMme moriWaals,h ingDt.oCn., 63
3.3.l wJoi mMae morial, WasDh.iCn.g ton, 64
6.1N.or tKho remain litpaarrya de. 140
Preface
Thea rugmesfn uotnhdre heva eb eeng estfarot liaon tngmig e ,
asIw rtoeao buptes aanctlsac,so isnc flrte,sn icsdete,aov pe­l
menptorej csat,n mdar gipnoeaplli ents hh ei olfSl uost ehast
AsaiA.g aainnad g aoivnter hre dee dceaIsf ,uo nmdys ehlafv ­
insgia ds omhenitgi nas eimndairs cuosrhsv aiiownnrg i tten
smoetnhgai ntdh ectnahc inmgys etlhfi nk"iNno,tgw h,a t
soulnidwkshe aa tna nahsriwtco uladr g"Iu ngeoe .mtertyw,o
poinmtaksea l i;bn uewth etnht eh ,if ruodrtahnfi,dft phoi nts
alflall t ohsneae ml itnhete,hn ce o inciihsda etrnoidcn g eo re.
Srtucbykt a hcto inciId deecniicdwteea ,tds i mtoer edta he
anahriccslta asnstdih hcesis t oorafin ecashr miosevtm enTot s.
tahetn Idt ,a uagl hatru gned erglretacudcruuoear tosenea n­
acrihsimna ne ffotroet dc utamey eslafnp dre hpasw oroku t
myr etolinaspth oia ncahriThsemr .eu slhtva,i nsgao tn the
bcakb unrefrrot hbeet teprao rtftw eynaetraysft tehre u rcsoe
endiesde ,ma bshsleerde .
Myi nteirnte hasent ah srictcr itoiftq hsuete a tbeon rw as
odf iislluesniaton dndam shhoepdie nrs e volucthniago.en ary
This awc aosm meonno uegpxhe riferotn hcoews heoc aem
top oilticcoanlus scniieonts hs1e 90 6si Nno hrA tmerFiocra .
PREFACE
me amnaydno hterths1e,9 6w0esrt ehhe gi ht idweha oton fe
migchatalr lo mancpees aawwniattor hnfs a tiloienabraotlin .
Iw afsro, t aie mf,u slwlteyu p pi tnh miosm eonuftot piapno s­
sibiIlf lioltoiwweiestsd.ho maewa en idnr, e tercoatgs ,rp eat
deoafnli a vteet hreee frenfdroui mne dpendienAn hcmee d
SeokuT oursGe 'uinetahp,ena A-friicnaaitnti iovfGe hsna a's
presiKwdaemenN tk,ra uhmt,he era leylt eicoinnIs no dnesia,
tehi ndeenpdeanncfider esltie ocintnsB urmwah,eI rh ea d
speayn aetra ,n odcf,o utrhsleea ,rn eodfr misnr eouvltniaory
Chiannand ta ionewelicidtoein ns India.
Thed isilluwsapisro onmpebeynlt tlw peoodr ec s:sh eiss­
troicianlq uainrcdyu rreeevnn.ttI stdw aned moena, si t
shohuvaleedr a elrti,hv aitr teuvaemlrajlyoys r u csscrfeueolv­
luteinodnbe ycd ra etiasn tgam toerp ewo ertfhuatlnh o en e
iotev trhr,e swatt ateh iantt un wr aasb tloee x ttmr oaecrr e­
suorecfsor ma nedx iesrmceo rceno troovle r the very popula­
tioiwntas d se nseitdgos eerH.ve rteha,en r ahcicsrti toifq ue
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Reovulitolne tdot hThee rmadoRreciaotanina, n tdh etno
thper ecoacnibdoe guleslr iNeapnotl neisoct aThteeO .co t­
beRrev olutiinRo uns lseitdaoL enn'idsit caotrpso hfti he
vnaguaprratday n tdh etonte hr epreosfsst iroisnke ianmge n
anwdo rk(eterph sr oalrae!itat)tK rotnatsdc,o lilveicnzt,a tio
antdh geu lIatfgh .ae n crieegnhi ampder esoivdfeeuerdd al
ienuqalwitithby ur tayt,l hirete cooftr hdre e vtoilomunadse
fros ilmrailmye nlcahroaeldyi Thnegp .ou plaasrap tiirtohnast
proevdti hde eanncedor uggreyfa o trhr eeo uvltiovnitacorryy
we,ri eann lyo vnige awl,m ionsetvl ibytte radab.ye
Curreenvtew netrnseo l edsiss qiunwighe etinct a mteo
whacto ntemrpeovrtoailromuyne nsat f rot hlea rcglseass t
inw orhlsidot r,ty ehp aesraynTh.te V iMeitn hr,u letrhse in
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PREFACE
1594h,da r utshlslyue pspraep sposlueadr reofbs mealllli­on
holdaenprdes t tyln adloirntd hsve e rayr etahswa etr teh e
histhoorbtidecsoa fpl es anatr aadliic.Is nCm hniai,ht a bde ­
cmoec letahtrah tGe r eLaeptaF orarwddu,r wihnigcM hao ,
hicsir tsicisle edfn,roc cemdilo lniosf p esanatisn tloga er
agracroimamnua nneddnsi ni gh alwlahssva, i cnagt oapscht ir
rseuslS.tc haoralsn sdt atissttaiirlcglaiu baeont ushht eu mna
tobltelw e1e59n8a n1d69 2b,ui tit us n kleitloy lbetesh sa n
35m illipoeno pWlheitl.he he u mnta oolftl h Gere aLtep a
Fowrarwda bsi enrge cnoigzoemdi,n noeusws sotfa rva­
tiaonned x ecuitnKi aomnpseu auc nhdtehrKe h mReoru ge
complteehtp ceitdrue o fp esaarnetov liuotgnnose hlaeltly
awry.
Iwta nso atis tf h Wees tebrlnao ncd C oidltW sa pr olicies
ipn oontrai oonffesr aened d yiifanlgnt aetritv"oer eexails ting
scoaili"Rs emg.eiasmn sdt atthepasrt e sdiitdcaertdio aolvleyr
crusihnqieunagl wietrwieece losm aesad l liinte hsset grlueg
agacinosmutmn i.Ths omsfema iliwairtt hhp iesr wiiorld­el
catlhlia attl rseop retsheeerna lthygeih dt iodfde e oveplment
stuadnitdeh nsee fiwle do dfe veelnoetpc moncosIm.rfi eo v­
luotniaerlyii tmeiasngv eadps ortj esc stooifca elgn ieneirnign
ac olilvevicestidtne ,v elospepimcaeslnw ites rnteol ecsetsra in
oft heaibrit lodi etvlyeei roc nomcig rowbtyhh ei rarchically
enngeeiripnorgp efrrotmyis n,sv teiinnpg h ysiinrcsfaautlrc ­
tuarnepd,or mtoicnagcs rhopapnimdna gr skf erolt angde,n ­
erasltlrye nignttghsh ete aanntadem pyliiinfnge quThael ities.
"rfeweor l"ed ps,elcliiyan GtolhbleSa ohus teevmueeldrn laeb
tob otthhs eoi calcirsitto ifcq aupei itnaealqliuiastnttdy h e
commuanniadsn tah riccsrti etosift q huset aatts hege u aran­
toorft heisnee qualities.
Thist widni silelnustse ieomtneommd et ob eroa utth e
adaogfe kMhiaBikalu n:i" rnFeedwoimt hsocoiuatl iiss m
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