Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2025-06-28
Books mentioned on It Could Happen Here Weekly 188
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Mentioned: The Art of Not Being Governed by James C. Scott, Orientalism by Edward W. Said, Imagined communities by Benedict Anderson, The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order by Samuel P. Huntington and others, and Debt by David Graeber.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Art of Not Being Governed
The Art of Not Being Governed by James C.
Discussed“Actually, this is a really interesting this I've had this James C. Scott, right, talks about the idea of people who exist outside of the state being labeled as primitive by the state. Um it's in the art of not being governed.”
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Orientalism
Orientalism by Edward W.
Discussed“You know, this concept of the orient and orientalism is something that Edward say Yeah. identified famously as something that was constructed by the West as an exotic, irrational, decadent and dangerous place.”
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Imagined communities
Imagined communities by Benedict Anderson is a seminal political science text that examines the origins of nationalism and defines nations as socially constructed communities imagined by the people who perceive themselves as part of that group.
Discussed“So Benedict Anderson famously called nations imagined communities because the community exists as a collective fantasy.”
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The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order by Samuel P.
Discussed“In his 1993 article in foreign affairs, which later expanded into his 1996 book, The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of the World Order, Huntington predicted that the primary source of conflict in the new era would be between distinct civilizations.”
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Debt
Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber is an anthropological examination of how debt systems, financial classes, and power dynamics have shaped human civilization over millennia.
Discussed“in traditional economies as David Greyel used the term in debt the first 5,000 years. You know these were economies focused on human relationships.”
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“Actually, this is a really interesting this I've had this James C. Scott, right, talks about the idea of people who exist outside of the state being labeled as primitive by the state. Um it's in the art of not being governed.”