tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post7515367214685601185..comments2024-03-23T04:01:39.348-04:00Comments on Understanding Society: Analyzing peasant consciousnessDan Littlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15953897221283103880noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-89032923063229754902009-02-13T22:23:00.000-05:002009-02-13T22:23:00.000-05:00Thanks, Dan. This is a good link. I think Scott'...Thanks, Dan. This is a good link. I think Scott's view in <I>Domination and the Arts of Resistance</I> goes a bit further than <I>Weapons of the Weak</I>, in that he postulates a more decisive separation between the public and hidden transcripts and a more deliberate and strategic effort at resistance. Does that make sense? Also, I wonder if you would agree that the enterprise of trying to establish a better vocabulary and theoretical framework for understanding the mental world of the dominated is a highly valuable one.Dan Littlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15953897221283103880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-3782473095828585862009-02-10T23:40:00.000-05:002009-02-10T23:40:00.000-05:00You might enjoy Timothy Mitchell's critique of Wea...You might enjoy Timothy Mitchell's critique of <EM>Weapons of the Weak</EM>, and in particular Scott's use of the term hegemony. Cite is Mitchell (1990) <A HREF="http://www.jstor.org/stable/657563" REL="nofollow">"Everyday metaphors of power"</A>, <EM>Theory and Society</EM>. Mitchell tries to unpack the differences between persuading and coercing, power and legitimacy, resistance and acceptance. He argues that Scott reads too much resistance into the everyday acts of the peasants, and ignores the theoretical importance of the peasant's resignation to such small acts of resistance due to their belief in the inevitability of their exploitation. Such believed inevitability is hegemony, argues Mitchell, but hegemony does not mean passive acceptance (in this case) but rather an active resignation. The argument is nuanced and I'm not remembering it all clearly, so.. check it out!Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07507086207394551238noreply@blogger.com