What is the general argument of James C Scott’s The Art of Not Being Governed An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia?
Scott’s main argument is that these people are “barbaric by design”: their social organization, geographical location, subsistence practices and culture have been maintained to discourage states from curtailing their freedoms. Why was the Zomia region created? For two thousand years, according to James Scott, the mountains of Zomia were a place of refuge for the…