“The world of rumors and gossip is a world of wish fulfillment. And one of the things that gives volume and amplitude to a rumor is that it satisfies people's dreams and expectations about the world...” PeopleWorldGivingDreamWishExpectationsFulfillmentGossipVolumeRumor Author:James C. Scott
“The world of rumor and gossip is like a privileged world with which a social scientist or an anthropologist can take the temperature of popular aspirations.” WorldSocialScientistAspirationGossipPrivilegedRumorTemperatureAnthropologists Author:James C. Scott
“It seems to me that rumors and dreams of justice are part of a dialectic of injustice and dreams of justice will be with us for as long as there's injustice, and that doesn't seem to be in short supply.” LongDreamSeemsJusticeInjusticeRumorDialectics Author:James C. Scott
