The next session of the 4th Edition of Cycle of Books of our Time will take place on April 23, at 3 pm to 4 pm (Auditorium 2, Quelhas, nr. 6, Lisboa), with presentation of the book Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States, of the author James C. Scott, by the Professors Amélia Branco (GHES/CSG, ISEG, ULisboa) and Dulce Freire (ICS).
About the author:
James C. Scott is an American political scientist and anthropologist. He is interested in the comparative study of agrarian and non-state societies, subaltern policies and anarchism. His initial research focused on peasants in Southeast Asia and their strategies of resistance to various forms of domination.
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