Shadow Elite: How the World’s New Power Brokers Undermine Democracy, Government, and the Free Market
Shadow Elite: How the World’s New Power Brokers Undermine Democracy, Government, and the Free Market
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影子精英：世界新权力掮客如何破坏民主、政府和自由市场
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2011
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Thomas Birtchnell
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Thomas Birtchnell
两个不同的观众会发现在阅读珍妮R。韦德尔的暗影精英。首先，那些关注本书现存焦点的人：美国政治经济问题和公共政策（尽管是在全球背景下）以及美国新保守主义者的轨迹。这是一个重要的调查领域，鉴于美国目前发生的权力转移，它具有相当大的商业吸引力;这种权力转移允许对新保守主义的崛起进行更客观、更回顾性的评估。韦德尔的中心论点是，冷战文化对新保守主义产生了巨大的影响，这当然值得批判性的评价。然而，第二个，也许是更阴暗的观众将感兴趣的影子精英作为人类学的工作，并作为一个例子的学科前沿。这本书与王爱华（Aihwa Ong）等作家最近关于新自由主义和文化批判的其他作品并列。这篇评论将讨论这本书在新的背景和领域中作为人类学的一种方法所提供的东西。
Two distinct audiences will find much reward in reading Janine R. Wedel’s Shadow Elite. First, those concerned with the extant focus of the book: U.S. political-economic issues and public policy—albeit in a global context—and the trajectories of America’s neoconservatives. It is a vital area of inquiry and one that has considerable commercial appeal in light of the current power shift that has taken place in the United States; a power shift that allows a more objective, retrospective appraisal of the rise of the neoconservatives. Wedel’s central thesis, that the cultures of the Cold War impacted greatly on neoconservatism, surely deserves a critical appraisal. However, a second, perhaps more shadowy audience will be interested in Shadow Elite as a work of anthropology and as an example of the cutting edge of the discipline. The book sits alongside other recent work on neoliberalism and cultural critique by authors such as Aihwa Ong. This review will discuss what the book has to offer as an approach to anthropology in new contexts and areas.