RUDN Journal of Sociology.
Российский университет дружбы народов.
2003.
P. 138-147
The set of notions of the historical and sociological research made by James Scott to investigate the evolution of power and the correlation between domination and subordination in traditional societies is employed by sociologists, anthropologists, political scientists and historians nowadays. The analysis of the main notions of the "ethical economy" worked out by J.Scott is provided in the article.