Laya > Recent Status Updates

Omg fk this book 😭 (complementary)

Exactly what I'm in the mood to read. If you know more light-reads with funny miserable protagonists please lead me to them

Bandenka Bandi Katti song is not in this play wow TIL

Omg Vizag mentioned!!!!!!

(They are talking about smaller cities in India are growing unplanned and chaotic)

What does Mauss have to say about the simp who only gives without expecting reciprocation

Kinda skimming through on the details but understanding why graeber called this an anarchist text

The illustrations of crowds are too good but these are crowds that came together for a riot, feeling conflictedd

Why did I not read this like 3 months ago

First time reading Sacco, I didn't expect him to get into nuances of rural UP this well! His reliance on local fixers, provincial group leaders, beat journalists and nearby state uni professors is wise

First time reading Sacco, I didn't expect him to get into the nuances of rural UP this well! His relying on local fixers, journalists and state university professors is a wise choice

If I were the person who wrote the world bank report which ferguson eloquently shredded to pieces for 40 pages in this book.... I would kms

More descriptive than I expected but I understand why this was so influential. Right time right place to launch a new sub-discipline itself

Consulted crashcourse YouTube channel 3 times, these footnotes are doing nothing

Jim Scott literally opens this book on subtle resistance with an Ethiopian proverb in nice italic font "When the great lord passes, the wise peasant bows deeply and silently farts"

Not so bad for a short summary so far

Wish I understood more of the literary references, missing out on some interesting stuff

"It is often said that our society is too materialist and that advertising reflects this but it seems that in this respect our society is quite evidently NOT materialist enough, and that this is paradoxically, the result of failure in social meanings values and ideals. It is impossible to look at modern advertising without realising that the material object being sold is never enough"

- Advertising: the magic system