Theorist

James C. Scott

1936–2024 Political science / anarchism

Power Knowledge Settlement

Details

Nationality: American

Notes

Author of Seeing Like a State (1998), source of the 'high-modernist' charge that modernist planning is structurally indifferent to politics.

Connections

critiqued Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne (CIAM)

Sources

James C. Scott. Seeing Like a State. Yale University Press, 1998.

Cite this entry

First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026

CLAD. "James C. Scott." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theorist/james-c-scott/. Accessed July 17, 2026.