Globalism and the Pursuit of Authenticity: The Making of a Diasporic Public Sphere in Singapore
Globalism and the Pursuit of Authenticity: The Making of a Diasporic Public Sphere in Singapore
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全球化与对真实性的追求：新加坡侨民公共领域的形成
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10.1355/sj12-2e
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发表时间：
1997
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T. N. Harper
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T. N. Harper
本文探讨了侨民在殖民地新加坡历史中的作用，创造了既体现全球主义要求又体现对真实性的渴望的知识文化。它追溯了一个多语言移民世界的出现，在这个世界上，社区不仅要找到与遥远的家园联系的方法，而且要第一次学会相互交谈。通过对贯穿新加坡的传播和知识体系的研究，本文认为，“全球主义”的困境有一个更深的历史，而不是对这一概念的许多论述工作所表明的。它强调殖民地社会中的多层次社会性。有人认为，这可能会告诉我们更多关于在一个其他人拥有文化优先权的社会中成为散居者的情况。有鉴于此，它评估了殖民国家的作用：它有能力设定参与的界限，并将其社区和法律的建设强加于新加坡的散居公共领域。
This paper examines the role of diaspora in the history of colonial Singapore, the creation of the intellectual culture that embodies both the demands of globalism and the desire for authenticity. It traces the emergence of a polyglot migrant world where communities not only had to find ways to relate to distant homelands, but had to learn to speak to each other for the first time. Through a study of the systems of communication and knowledge that transected Singapore, the paper argues that the predicaments of "globalism" have a much deeper history than much of the discursive work on the concept suggests. It emphasizes the multiple layers of sociability within colonial society. This, it is argued, might tell us more about being a diaspora in a society where others have cultural primacy. In the light of these it assessed the role of the colonial state: its capacity to set the boundaries of participation and impose its constructions of community and law upon Singapore's diasporic public sphere.