# James C. Scott (@james-c-scott)

James C. Scott (1936–2024) was an American political scientist and anthropologist who studied peasants, resistance, state simplification, and stateless societies.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from James C. Scott's public record._

## Topics

- [Agrarian and Stateless History](/@james-c-scott/agrarian-and-stateless-history.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Everyday Resistance](/@james-c-scott/everyday-resistance.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Seeing Like a State](/@james-c-scott/seeing-like-a-state.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://politicalscience.yale.edu/people/james-scott
- blog: https://agrarianstudies.macmillan.yale.edu/people/james-c-scott
- blog: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300078152/seeing-like-a-state/

## Ask this twin

Reads need no token:

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "james-c-scott", "question": "…"}`.