Abstract This article suggests that the concept of the moral economy of the peasant, as defined by James C. Scott, in the context of Southeast Asia, provides a compelling theoretical framework through which one can examine Gopinath Mohanty’s novel Paraja (1945),2 2 This article takes its cue from a brilliant article written by Shashi Bhushan Upadhyay in which he usefully employs the concept of moral economy to analyse the peasant narratives of Premchand. See Shashi Bhushan Upadhyay, ‘Premchand and the Moral Economy of Peasantry in Colonial North India’, Modern Asian Studies 45, no. 5 (2011): 1227–59. However, while Upadhyay equates the idea of moral economy with the traditional Indian concept of dharma, in order to explain the passivity of Premchand’s peasant protagonists, I have endeavoured to demonstrate, in this article, the disintegration of the moral economy in Gopinath Mohanty’s novel Paraja, and how such disintegration may precipitate resistance and a strong sense of moral outrage. an unparalleled achievement in Oriya literature that narrates the predicament of the tribal peasants of the Koraput region. It demonstrates how the encroachment of the colonial state on the invaluable resources of the tribal peasants in Mohanty’s novel results in an escalating disintegration of the moral economy which in turn precipitates resistance and a strong sense of moral outrage. However, instead of collective rebellion that Scott discusses about, in his groundbreaking work, in Mohanty’s novel, we find several instances of everyday forms of resistance, a concept that Scott formulates in his subsequent works. This not only helps us to understand and make sense of the motives and intentions of the tribal peasants in the novel but also underscores the abiding relevance and timeless appeal of Mohanty’s work, even in the post-Nehruvian nation-state, where the problems confronting the tribal peasants in the wake of globalisation are increasingly acute, virtually insurmountable and even more pronounced than ever before.

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Gopinath Mohanty 的 Paraja 中道德经济的瓦解

摘要 本文认为，詹姆斯·C·斯科特 (James C. Scott) 所定义的农民道德经济概念在东南亚语境中提供了一个令人信服的理论框架，通过该框架，人们可以审视戈皮纳特·莫汉蒂 (Gopinath Mohanty) 的小说 Paraja (1945)，2 2本文借鉴了 Shashi Bhushan Upadhyay 撰写的精彩文章，他在这篇文章中有用地运用了道德经济的概念来分析 Premchand 的农民叙事。见 Shashi Bhushan Upadhyay，“Premchand 和北印度殖民地农民的道德经济”，现代亚洲研究 45，第 2 期。5 (2011): 1227–59。然而，虽然 Upadhyay 将道德经济的思想等同于印度传统的佛法概念，但为了解释普雷姆昌德的农民主人公的被动性，我在这篇文章中努力证明，Gopinath Mohanty 的小说 Paraja 中道德经济的瓦解，以及这种瓦解如何引发抵抗和强烈的道德愤怒感。这是奥里亚文学中无与伦比的成就，它讲述了可拉普特地区部落农民的困境。它展示了莫汉蒂小说中殖民国家对部落农民宝贵资源的侵占如何导致道德经济的不断瓦解，进而引发反抗和强烈的道德愤怒感。然而，与斯科特在莫汉蒂的开创性作品中讨论的集体反抗不同，我们发现了几个日常抵抗形式的例子，这是斯科特在其后续作品中阐述的概念。