引述 :『I found this absorbing reading, although based on it I think quite a lot of the book could be problematic depending on how Tsing’s treatment of some of the ideas in the introduction play out. On the other hand if the analysis is good then the book could be very strong indeed. This is true of any book, obviously, but I think it speaks to issues of how Tsing has placed herself in the literature. The difference between ‘global’ or ‘universal’ forms and their realizations (or, as she puts it, ‘engagement’) in particular circumstances is, of course, an age old question that goes back to Plato—how to deal with stuff when everything is both simultaneously like everything else and yet also simultaneously uniquely itself? It seems to me the key in addressing this age-old issue theoretical issue is how she places herself in relation to existing debates within the field in order to avoid reinventing the wheel.』