香港回歸二十多年來已漸漸失去了它的光彩,國安法下各種社會組織、人…也漸漸的遠去、消失。這時候看看香港的一個地標:尖沙咀重慶大廈,重慶大廈是全球化的一個縮影,但有種不同的味道:它收容和養育了生存在跨國資本主義底層的微不足道的玩家。香港仍然是手提箱商人的平臺,他們環遊世界以牟取利益和業務聯繫。在經營香港的巨頭們眼中,這棟大廈也許看起來危險破舊,但正如麥高登指出的,這是一個人們以最低預算進行商務旅行的天堂。任何想要探索全球資本主義軟肋的人都應該閱讀此書。也許通過重慶大廈也能多少令人了解這個城市的特別與那光彩之處;當然,也許在不久的將來這也將消失……世界上沒有其他地方比得上這座被評為”全球化最佳案例“的大廈,這是一座位於香港旅遊區中心的破舊的 17 層商業和住宅建築,在寸土寸金的香港鬧市如同孤島一般。收容的住客來自百多個不同國家,這些住客在這座“小聯合國”如何互動,亦可成為一個“另類聯合國”的田野調研。雖然重慶大廈就在香港的鬧市中心,但內部運作自有其規律,和尖沙咀仿佛屬於兩個世界,成了特區中的特區。在重慶大廈活動的人,縮影了三千宇宙,那些尋求庇護的人,自然各有其傳奇出處;慕名而來找廉價旅館的遊客,會發現香港對第三世界最包容的地方;依靠重慶大廈地下經濟生存的異鄉人,則往往有著比獅子山下更勵志的故事。這些背景,令不同學科近年都對“重慶大廈學”趨之若鶩,令這座大廈在王家衛的《重慶森林》後,得到另一個身份被重構的契機。一群非常雜七雜八的人稱這座建築為家;巴基斯坦電話亭經營者、中國賓館工作人員、尼泊爾海洛因成癮者、印度尼西亞性工作者,以及來自亞洲和非洲各地的商人和尋求庇護者在那裡生活和工作。據估計,從重慶大廈出貨的手機,大約占撒哈拉以南手機交易的20%。這種與中環所代表的香港全球化樞紐角色反差極大 的角色,被作者Gordon Mathews 稱為“低端全球化”。——甚至背包客出租房間。簡而言之,它可能是地球上最全球化的地方。但正如世界中心的貧民窟向我們展示的那樣,重慶大廈之旅揭示了全球化遠沒有那麼迷人的一面。重慶大廈是一個遠離跨國公司閃閃發光的總部的世界,它像徵著全球化對世界上大多數人的實際運作方式。Gordon Mathews對大樓多民族居民的親密描繪揭示了他們與商品、金錢和思想的國際流通之間的錯綜複雜的聯繫。我們通過來自非洲的企業家將手機裝在行李箱裡賣回家,以及來自南亞的臨時工努力賺錢給家人帶來的故事,來了解全球化的日常現實。我們看到,這個所謂的貧民窟——儘管犯罪率很低,但它激起了許多香港其他居民的恐懼——不是黑暗和絕望的地方,而是希望的燈塔。Gordon Mathews的引人入勝的故事綱要同樣令人著迷和啟發,使《世界中心的貧民窟》不僅是一次對奇異地方的迷人之旅,而且還可以窺見我們不斷縮小的星球上生命的未來。本書通過引人入勝的故事,展現了大廈居民與國際商品、金錢、理念之間錯綜複雜的聯繫。
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