American Writers (One Hundred Pages at a Time)

Evan Lampe
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In each episode I discuss around 100 pages from the works of American writers. Contact me at hundredpagescast@gmail.com

  1. 18H AGO

    Episode 26: James C. Scott, "Two Cheers for Anarchism"

    My review of James C. Scott's short book Two Cheers for Anarchism. The book is a great introduction to Scott's ideas and a useful guide to putting an anarchist perspective on the world we live in.

    44 min

  2. FEB 15

    Episode 25: James C. Scott, The Art of Not Being Governed (3/3)

    The finale of my review of James C. Scott's "The Art of Not Being Governed". This part of the book focuses on kinship and the role of leadership in millenarian movements as part of the strategy of state evasion.  Next up: James Scott's modern classic, "Against the Grain"

    29 min

  3. FEB 15

    Episode 24: James C. Scott, The Art of Not Being Governed (2/3)

    Part two of my review of James C. Scott's history of upland Southeast Asia (Zomia), from the perspective of those who intentionally evaded states. In this part of the book we move from the strategies of states to the strategies of evasion. What do you think the most useful strategies for evading states in today's world.

    32 min

  4. FEB 6

    Episode 23: James C. Scott, The Art of Not Being Governed (1/3)

    The first part of my review of Scott's masterpiece on upland Southeast Asia, The Art of Not Being Governed. So many of his ideas come together into this indispensable book. In this first part we will learn about Zomia and the creation of geographical spaces outside of the machinations of states.

    39 min

  5. FEB 2

    Episode 22: James C. Scott, Seeing Like A State (3/3)

    The finale of my review of James C. Scott's Seeing Like a State. The last few chapters of this excellent book explore the experiments in agrarian high modernism and then explores metis, or embedded knowledge and the capacity of resilience against the designs of high modernist states.

    28 min

  6. JAN 28

    Episode 21: James C. Scott, Seeing Like a State (2/3)

    In part two of my review of Seeing Like a State by James C. Scott, I explore the dangers of high modernism and some of the case studies of failed experiments he examines. What is your favorite example of high modernism going wrong, besides the opening night of The Rites of Spring?

    34 min

  7. JAN 23

    Episode 20: James C. Scott, Seeing Like a State (1/3)

    As we continue our exploration of the works of James C. Scott, we move from the arts of resistance to the designs of a state with faulty vision. How do states see, how do they envision transformation, and how do these two things together fail us?

    43 min

  8. JAN 2

    Episode 19: James C. Scott, "Domination and Arts of Resistance" (2/2)

    In this episode I complete my reading of James C. Scott's DOMINATION AND THE ARTS OF RESISTANCE: HIDDEN TRANSCRIPTS. In this section we focus on the workings of infrapolitics and the question of how they become visible and possible unstoppable.

    30 min
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In each episode I discuss around 100 pages from the works of American writers. Contact me at hundredpagescast@gmail.com

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