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????移除紅燈是否真的屬于“無政府主義”范疇?呼吁更大的自主權和問責制是否才是此處最重要的寓意?盡管斯科特談了如此多關于“無政府主義”的哲思,但他的這部著作也能夠、同時也應該被解讀為一項宣言,身處組織的個人到底應該如何選擇自我管理方式,把自己當成公民,而不是臣民;當成員工,而不是工資奴隸;當成專業人士,而不是尋租者。就這個意義而言,斯科特與其說是一位無政府主義者,倒不如說是一位民粹主義者。 ????因此,在《為無政府主義喝兩聲彩》一書中似乎看不到Twitter和互聯網的存在,是一個令人扼腕的漏洞。不管馬克思作為一個人和一位政治經濟學家具有怎樣的缺點,但他的確對技術及其影響有著深刻的觀察。就這方面而言,無論出于何種原因,斯科特都不是一位眼光犀利的觀察者。鑒于數字媒體(維基解密和匿名者,說的是你們哦!)啟動了這么多權力關系和顛覆機會,斯科特錯失了面向后工業化時代提升其政治組織理論深度的良機。 ????同樣,斯科特最感興趣的市場是黑市和灰市。要是斯科特至少能夠把他對日常抵抗行為的某些觀察重新放入更多的經濟背景之中,本書將增色不少。書中并沒有提到自己動手運動和開源技術的興起,盡管這兩場運動都支持了他的無政府主義觀點和同情心。 ????盡管如此,評論界應給予《為無政府主義喝兩聲彩》的喝彩聲又何止兩聲而已,因為斯科特有效地擴大了領導者和管理者需要掌握的、涉及權力、控制和抵抗等關鍵議題的詞匯。筆者所認識的每一位高效領導者都夜不能寐,不知道怎樣才能最好地為他們的人才授權,富有建設性地與下屬結盟。我所認識的成功的領導者(特別是具有創造性破壞精神的企業家)至少都有那么一點無政府主義傾向。就沖著這一點,他們也會發現斯科特的見解和煽動性語言值得一讀。 ????譯者:任文科 |
????Is red light removal really "anarchic?" Or is the call to greater autonomy and accountability what's most important here? For all Scott's philosophizing about "anarchism," his book can and should also be read as a manifesto about how individuals should choose to govern themselves in organizations -- as citizens, not subjects; as employees, not wage slaves; as professionals, not rent-seekers. In this sense, Scott comes across more as a populist than an anarchist. ????Consequently, it's both a pity and a flaw that?Two Cheers?is written as if Twitter and the Internet didn't exist. Marx, whatever his shortcomings as a person and political economist, was an astute observer of technology and its implications. For whatever reason, Scott is not. Technology appears in the scenery rather than as a major character or context. Given that so many power relationships and so many opportunistic subversions are enabled by digital media (hello, Wikileaks and Anonymous!), Scott missed real opportunities to upgrade his politico-organizational insights for the post-industrial age. ????Similarly, the markets that most interest Scott are the black and gray ones. This would have been a better book had Scott recast at least a few of his everyday resistance arguments into more economic contexts. The maker movement and the rise of open-source technologies go unmentioned, although both support his anarchic arguments and sympathies. ????Nevertheless,?Two Cheers for Anarchism?deserves more than two cheers in review because Scott usefully expands the vocabularies that leaders and managers need to have around the critical issues of power, control, and resistance. Every effective leader I know loses sleep over how best to empower their talent and constructively align their people. And all the successful leaders I know -- especially the entrepreneurs -- have at least a little streak of anarchism -- of creative destruction -- inside of them. For this reason alone, they will find Scott's insights and incites worth their time. |
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