Listening, Unlike a State: James Scott, Infrapolitics, and the Political Meaning of U.S. Pop Music

• In Event: Revolution, Populism, and Aesthetics

Brief Overview

This paper explores several aspects of James Scott's notion of "infrapolitics" -- from the assumptions about state, science, and power that inform his novel idea, to its implications for the study of participatory democracy.

Author

• Cyrus Ernesto Zirakzadeh, University of Connecticut