Seeing Like a State:How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed

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1999-03
版次: 1
ISBN: 9780300078152
定价: 245.50
装帧: 平装
开本: 其他
纸张: 其他
页数: 460页
正文语种: 英语
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  • CompulsoryujamaavillagesinTanzania,collectivizationinRussia,LeCorbusier'surbanplanningtheoryrealizedinBrasilia,theGreatLeapForwardinChina,agricultural"modernization"intheTropics--thetwentiethcenturyhasbeenrackedbygrandutopianschemesthathaveinadvertentlybroughtdeathanddisruptiontomillions.Whydowell-intentionedplansforimprovingthehumanconditiongotragicallyawry?Inthiswide-rangingandoriginalbook,JamesC.Scottanalyzesfailedcasesoflarge-scaleauthoritarianplansinavarietyoffields.Centrallymanagedsocialplansmisfire,Scottargues,whentheyimposeschematicvisionsthatdoviolencetocomplexinterdependenciesthatarenot--andcannot--befullyunderstood.Further,thesuccessofdesignsforsocialorganizationdependsupontherecognitionthatlocal,practicalknowledgeisasimportantasformal,epistemicknowledge.Theauthorbuildsapersuasivecaseagainst"developmenttheory"andimperialisticstateplanningthatdisregardsthevalues,desires,andobjectionsofitssubjects.Heidentifiesanddiscussesfourconditionscommontoallplanningdisasters:administrativeorderingofnatureandsocietybythestate;a"high-modernistideology"thatplacesconfidenceintheabilityofsciencetoimproveeveryaspectofhumanlife;awillingnesstouseauthoritarianstatepowertoeffectlarge-scaleinterventions;andaprostratecivilsocietythatcannoteffectivelyresistsuchplans."Abroad-ranging,theoreticallyimportant,andempiricallygroundedtreatmentofthemodernstateanditspropensitytosimplifyandmakelegibleasocietywhichbynatureiscomplexandopaque.Foranyoneinterestedinlearningaboutthisfundamentaltensionofmodernityandaboutthedestructionwroughtinthetwentiethcenturyasaconsequenceofthedominantdevelopmentideologyofthesimplifyingstate,thisisamust-read".--DanielJonahGoldhagen,authorofHitler'sWillingExecutioners
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    CompulsoryujamaavillagesinTanzania,collectivizationinRussia,LeCorbusier'surbanplanningtheoryrealizedinBrasilia,theGreatLeapForwardinChina,agricultural"modernization"intheTropics--thetwentiethcenturyhasbeenrackedbygrandutopianschemesthathaveinadvertentlybroughtdeathanddisruptiontomillions.Whydowell-intentionedplansforimprovingthehumanconditiongotragicallyawry?Inthiswide-rangingandoriginalbook,JamesC.Scottanalyzesfailedcasesoflarge-scaleauthoritarianplansinavarietyoffields.Centrallymanagedsocialplansmisfire,Scottargues,whentheyimposeschematicvisionsthatdoviolencetocomplexinterdependenciesthatarenot--andcannot--befullyunderstood.Further,thesuccessofdesignsforsocialorganizationdependsupontherecognitionthatlocal,practicalknowledgeisasimportantasformal,epistemicknowledge.Theauthorbuildsapersuasivecaseagainst"developmenttheory"andimperialisticstateplanningthatdisregardsthevalues,desires,andobjectionsofitssubjects.Heidentifiesanddiscussesfourconditionscommontoallplanningdisasters:administrativeorderingofnatureandsocietybythestate;a"high-modernistideology"thatplacesconfidenceintheabilityofsciencetoimproveeveryaspectofhumanlife;awillingnesstouseauthoritarianstatepowertoeffectlarge-scaleinterventions;andaprostratecivilsocietythatcannoteffectivelyresistsuchplans."Abroad-ranging,theoreticallyimportant,andempiricallygroundedtreatmentofthemodernstateanditspropensitytosimplifyandmakelegibleasocietywhichbynatureiscomplexandopaque.Foranyoneinterestedinlearningaboutthisfundamentaltensionofmodernityandaboutthedestructionwroughtinthetwentiethcenturyasaconsequenceofthedominantdevelopmentideologyofthesimplifyingstate,thisisamust-read".--DanielJonahGoldhagen,authorofHitler'sWillingExecutioners
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