A partir de sua pesquisa entre camponeses da Malásia, James C. Scott desenvolve o conceito de "resistência cotidiana", expressão da luta prosaica e constante entre os integrantes das classes dominadas e aqueles que deles buscam extrair trabalho, comida, impostos, rendas e juros. Ela se expressa na forma de corpo mole, dissimulação, falsa aquiescência, furto, ignorância fingida, calúnia, incêndio ou sabotagem. Assim, a ausência de formas mais visíveis de oposição política, como rebeliões ou greves, não reflete uma "hegemonia" ideológica e a aceitação passiva da ordem estabelecida pelos dominados, e sim circunstâncias - que são mais a regra do que a exceção - em que uma ação aberta e organizada seria demasiado perigosa.
From his research among Malaysian peasants, James C. Scott develops the concept of "everyday forms of resistance" which express the prosaic and constant struggle between members of the subordinate classes and those who seek to extract labor, food, taxes, rents, and interest from them. Such forms of resistance express themselves in foot dragging, dissimulation, false compliance, pilfering, feigned ignorance, slander, arson, sabotage, and so forth. Hence, the absence of more visible forms of political opposition, as rebellions or strikes, does not reflect an ideological "hegemony" and a passive acceptation of the established order by those subjected to domination. Instead, it reflects circumstances - that are rather the rule - in which an open and organized action would be too dangerous.
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