Between the secret state and the public sphere: the writer as intermediary
Between the secret state and the public sphere: the writer as intermediary
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秘密国家与公共领域之间：作家作为中介
DOI：
10.1080/02684527.2023.2292388
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发表时间：
2024
影响因子：
1.2
通讯作者：
Burton A
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作者：
Burton A
本文探讨了作家作为秘密国家与公共领域之间的中介所扮演的独特角色，并介绍了特刊《情报作家》。虽然经常被提及，但这种关系的历史、性质和政治仍然没有得到充分的研究。一些间谍出身的作家写作是希望使一个有问题的角色合法化，另一些则是希望在一个警察国家拥有自己的身份。对一些人来说，写作是批评有毒安全文化的一种途径，而另一些人则将自己的技能借给情报机构，作为一种爱国义务。我们研究了情报工作的虚构表现如何对各种秘密服务既有布恩又有阻碍;以及暴露情报工作的要素如何偶尔导致阴谋而不是澄清。
This essay explores the unique roles played by writers as intermediaries between the secret state and the public sphere, providing an introduction to the special issueWriters in Intelligence. Though frequently remarked upon, the history, nature, and politics of this relationship remains under-studied. Some spies-turned-writers write in the hope of legitimizing a problematic role, others to own their own identities in a police state. For some, writing is an avenue for critique of a toxic security culture, while others have lent their skills to intelligence agencies as a form of patriotic duty. We examine how fictional representations of intelligence work have been both a boon and a hindrance to various secret services; and how exposing elements of intelligence work can occasionally lead to conspiracy rather than clarity.