A Politics of Engagement: On Stuart Hall, Cultural Studies and Intellectual Practice

作     者：Glenn Jordan 

作者机构：Cardiff University 

出 版 物：《Journal of Foreign Languages and Cultures》 (外国语言与文化（英文）)

年 卷 期：2017年第1卷第1期

页      面：131-136页

学科分类：05[文学] 0503[文学-新闻传播学] 

主　　题：cultural studies culture and power Stuart Hall public intellectuals 

摘      要：This paper discusses eleven key features of Stuart Hall’s life and work:(1)his view that being an intellectual is a serious,often difficult vocation;(2)his commitment to studying the“here and now—the present conjuncture;(3)his refusal to think of“the culturalas separate from structures,relations,and practices of power;(4)his dedication to public engagement,including innovative use of television;(5)his practice of collaboration as a mode of intellectual production;(6)his privileging of the essay—the short intervention;(7)his recognition of the importance of oration,rhetoric,and performance—and learning to speak with multiple tongues;(8)his long-term engagements with artists—especially“BlackBritish artists;(9)his self-reflexive posture;(10)his commitment to practices of humility;and(11)his adoption of a critical-intellectual stance that is simultaneously optimistic and pessimistic.