Book review: against the grain: a deep history of the earliest states by James C. Scott

Sager, Alex (2017) Book review: against the grain: a deep history of the earliest states by James C. Scott. LSE Review of Books (30 Oct 2017). Website.

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In Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States, James C. Scott contributes to his longstanding intellectual project of re-evaluating the role of the state in political thought by looking at the development of the early agrarian states to challenge narratives of progress founded on state formation. While acknowledging that a number of objections can be raised against the historical claims of the book, Alex Sager praises it for encouraging vital critical interrogation of the supposed inevitability and neutrality of state institutions today.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/
Additional Information:	© 2017 The Author(s)
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JA Political science (General)
Date Deposited:	15 Nov 2017 14:28
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2024 16:05
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/85530

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