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Six Essays on Spontaneity: Autonomy, Dignity, and Meaningful Work and Play Author: [US] James C. Scott Publisher: Social Sciences Academic Press
Six Essays on Spontaneity: Autonomy, Dignity, and Meaningful Work and Play Author: [US] James C. Scott Publisher: Social Sciences Academic Press
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Introduction · · · · · ·
【Content Introduction】
James Scott, a leading contemporary thinker and Yale professor, once told us why the national perspective is wrong. Now, in this brief, accessible, and deeply personal new book, he demonstrates why the anarchist perspective matters. In an engaging, spirited, and even humorous way, he defends anarchist thinking that values local knowledge, common sense, individual creativity, and spontaneity, allowing us to examine the world at large... from everyday sociopolitical interactions in schools, factories, nursing homes, and playgrounds to mass protests and revolutions.
【Editor's recommendation】
The anarchism in the book is not an ideology, nor is it related to political stance, but a critical thinking mode that can be applied to various phenomena in daily life, such as the setting of traffic lights, the paths formed by shortcuts, the setting of place names, the management of forest farms or plantations, the design of amusement parks, the significance of scientific literature indexing systems, and the relationship between nursing homes and the elderly. By bringing in the non-state perspective of anarchists, Scott discussed the paradoxes contained in these phenomena. For example, Ford's plantation reflects that some regulations set in pursuit of efficiency have led to a lack of efficiency, and the seemingly chaotic surface arrangement of the orchards of local farmers in Guatemala is actually more scientifically logical. In short, as a collection of essays on spontaneity written by a social scientist, this booklet brings together thoughts on small things in life, which helps readers cultivate critical and dialectical thinking.
About the Author · · · · · ·
【About the Author】
James C. Scott is a famous contemporary thinker, Sterling Professor of Political Science and Anthropology at Yale University, Director of the Agrarian Studies Program, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is the author of Seeing Like a State, Weapons of the Weak, The Art of Not Being Governed, and Domination and the Arts of Resistance.
Translator’s Profile
Yuan Ziqi holds a master's degree in comparative studies from Ohio State University. He is involved in anthropology, literary history and translation studies. He has translated two literary history works, "Romantic Revolution" and "All Paris Belongs to Me", as well as some novels.
Table of contents · · · · · ·
Chapter 2: Civil order, official orderFragment 5: Civil and official ways of knowingFragment 6: Official control techniques and control statesFragment 7: Civil elasticityFragment 8: The allure of disordered citiesFragment 9: Chaos behind neatnessFragment 10: Enemies of civil orderChapter 3: The shaping of peopleFragment 11: Games and opennessFragment 12: Don't think you can predict everything! On uncertainty and adaptabilityFragment 13: Total human outputFragment 14: A care institutionFragment 15: Pathology of institutional lifeFragment 16: A tentative, counterintuitive example: removing traffic lightsChapter 4: Two cheers for the petty bourgeoisieFragment 17: Re-understanding a slandered classFragment 18: Where does contempt come fromFragment 19: The petty bourgeoisie's dream: the temptation of propertyFragment 20: The petty bourgeoisie, a not-so-small social functionFragment 21: The "free lunch" offered by the petty bourgeoisie
Chapter 5 For the sake of politics Fragments 22 Controversy and quality: quantification against quality Fragments 23 What if...? A hypothetical auditing society Fragments 24 Lack of effectiveness and eventual corruption Fragments 25 The end of democracy, values and politics Fragments 26 In defense of politics Chapter 6 Concreteness and fluidity Fragments 27 The communication of goodwill and sympathy Fragments 28 Reintroducing concreteness, fluidity and contingency Fragments 29 The politics of historical misreading Notes/Acknowledgements/Index
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