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The Otherness of Self: A Genealogy of Self in Contemporary China

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An exploration of the conflict between traditional Chinese ideology and modern Chinese business practice

240 pages, Paperback

First published June 5, 2002

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Xin Liu

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September 28, 2025
作者的田野观察中的许多小细节非常有意思,老板对于“唯物主义”的理解就是“金钱万岁,有钱能使鬼推磨”(P42),老板给来公司“访问”的官员找小姐按摩,最后评论道,“这才是经济中‘无形之手’的含义。”(P48)。
作者对于三种时间性的归纳也很精准,过去传统的“基于昨日因果报应的今天”,革命时期“基于明天实现共产主义的今天”,以及我们中国现代的今天,“今天的今天”,虽然事情在次序发生,我们也有时间的意识,但我们没有过去和未来来定位今天的意义,今天唯一的意义只剩下了今天。这也时常反映在作者和田野对象之间的聊天中,有钱女干部发出“这日子太没劲”的感慨(P168),或是大老板吐槽道“自己现在什么事情也记不得了(179)。” 主体迷失在没有意义只有持续进行下去的今天之中。
虽然作者的理论如网一般发散,并时常迷失在过多的理论之中,不过作者的这种对历史,主体,记忆,时间,叙述在中国的种种记述与判断依然很有读的价值。
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