Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2026-07-11
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James Stout discussed The Art of Not Being Governed by James C. Scott. Also mentioned: The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and others and The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood.
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The Art of Not Being Governed
The Art of Not Being Governed by James C.
Discussed“Like Jim Scott I guess kind of deals with this a little bit right in the art of not being governed when he's talking about the idea that those who exist without the state are behind those who exist within the state as opposed to just on a different pathway they've chosen to follow.”
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The Dawn of Everything
The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow is a sweeping historical and anthropological reevaluation of human social evolution, challenging long-held assumptions about the origins of inequality and the development of civilizations.
Discussed“As a small side note, the whole state of nature thing is pretty much [ __ ] On why that is is discussed at length in the dawn of everything by David Greyber and David Wangro.”
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The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel "The Handmaid's Tale" imagines a totalitarian society where individual liberties are stripped away and women's bodies are heavily controlled.
Discussed“And we can put it in a more concrete example like the Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood.”
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