Welcome to a brave new world of capitalism propelled by high tech, guarded by enterprising authority, and carried forward by millions of laborers being robbed of their souls. Gathered into mammoth factory complexes and terrified into obedience, these workers feed the world's addiction to iPhones and other commodities--a generation of iSlaves trapped in a global economic system that relies upon and studiously ignores their oppression.
Focusing on the alliance between Apple and the notorious Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn, Jack Linchuan Qiu examines how corporations and governments everywhere collude to build systems of domination, exploitation, and alienation. His interviews, news analysis, and first-hand observation show the circumstances faced by Foxconn workers--circumstances with vivid parallels in the Atlantic slave trade. Ironically, the fanatic consumption of digital media also creates compulsive free labor that constitutes a form of bondage for the user. Arguing as a digital abolitionist, Qiu draws inspiration from transborder activist groups and incidents of grassroots resistance to make a passionate plea aimed at uniting--and liberating--the forgotten workers who make our twenty-first-century lives possible.
"This remarkable dissection of twenty-first century global iSlavery, rooted in Qiu's on-the-ground and comparative historical research, gives a high-voltage jolt to complacent iCitizens--and examples of what to do next."--John D.H. Downing, editor of the Encyclopedia of Social Movement Media
"Qiu's grim and eloquent book traces parallels between the digital economy and Atlantic slavery--from Congo mines to Foxconn sweatshops to iPhone users' labor. Full of insights, Goodbye iSlave also offers hope, in new forms of social struggle."--Raewyn Connell, author of Southern Theory: The Global Dynamics of Knowledge in Social Science
0 有用 Dussardier 2023-02-15 23:49:16 广东
這幾天Branko Milanovic在推上引發了奴隸制與資本主義的辯論,這本就是有點早了,其是可以往前推一步的,而且富士康當然不是真的奴隸制
0 有用 通灵顽石 2022-03-06 14:37:19
读了一个月,哈哈哈!"blablabla,困在系统里"之流、某S教授之大作显然不能解馋了!!趁此机会把英语也捡起来~~~挑几章做读书卡片, 长评走起~~~~~~~
0 有用 周游多吃点儿 2024-04-08 22:23:35 新加坡
把这本书理解为社论而非学术写作会好一点,唯一原创且骇人的观点islave并没有严格论证,用糖史那一套来类比富士康实在粗糙。糖的生产—富士康工人(manufactured slaves),糖的消费—网瘾大众(manufacturing slaves)这个框架以及后面WGC的类型学都太拍脑门了,更加遗憾的是没有看到作者从所谓“一手材料”中整合出观点,种种写作方式都指向了一种宣传策略。做研究最怕意气用事... 把这本书理解为社论而非学术写作会好一点,唯一原创且骇人的观点islave并没有严格论证,用糖史那一套来类比富士康实在粗糙。糖的生产—富士康工人(manufactured slaves),糖的消费—网瘾大众(manufacturing slaves)这个框架以及后面WGC的类型学都太拍脑门了,更加遗憾的是没有看到作者从所谓“一手材料”中整合出观点,种种写作方式都指向了一种宣传策略。做研究最怕意气用事,也不该用“宣言”这种文体逃避有效力的分析,但看作者在讲台上的激情我想他是真正相信这一套的,加一星。 (展开)
0 有用 火車大巴扎 2022-05-11 16:19:53
@2020-11-15 07:30:30
0 有用 toutou 2019-12-15 01:13:10
Jack将富士康血汗工厂与非洲奴隶制做类比,能联想到这两者,并详细地从各个方面阐述这种联系的合理性,Genius!很有意思的是,Jack设置的的电脑屏保就是一行字跳来跳去,而这行字正是这本书的名字:Goodbye iSlave!多么精巧的心思。
0 有用 周游多吃点儿 2024-04-08 22:23:35 新加坡
把这本书理解为社论而非学术写作会好一点,唯一原创且骇人的观点islave并没有严格论证,用糖史那一套来类比富士康实在粗糙。糖的生产—富士康工人(manufactured slaves),糖的消费—网瘾大众(manufacturing slaves)这个框架以及后面WGC的类型学都太拍脑门了,更加遗憾的是没有看到作者从所谓“一手材料”中整合出观点,种种写作方式都指向了一种宣传策略。做研究最怕意气用事... 把这本书理解为社论而非学术写作会好一点,唯一原创且骇人的观点islave并没有严格论证,用糖史那一套来类比富士康实在粗糙。糖的生产—富士康工人(manufactured slaves),糖的消费—网瘾大众(manufacturing slaves)这个框架以及后面WGC的类型学都太拍脑门了,更加遗憾的是没有看到作者从所谓“一手材料”中整合出观点,种种写作方式都指向了一种宣传策略。做研究最怕意气用事,也不该用“宣言”这种文体逃避有效力的分析,但看作者在讲台上的激情我想他是真正相信这一套的,加一星。 (展开)
0 有用 Dussardier 2023-02-15 23:49:16 广东
這幾天Branko Milanovic在推上引發了奴隸制與資本主義的辯論,這本就是有點早了,其是可以往前推一步的,而且富士康當然不是真的奴隸制
0 有用 菲利赛特 2023-01-30 02:13:11 江苏
补标。
0 有用 火車大巴扎 2022-05-11 16:19:53
@2020-11-15 07:30:30
0 有用 通灵顽石 2022-03-06 14:37:19
读了一个月,哈哈哈!"blablabla,困在系统里"之流、某S教授之大作显然不能解馋了!!趁此机会把英语也捡起来~~~挑几章做读书卡片, 长评走起~~~~~~~