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 cultural”as 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“Black”British 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.
