文化研究向来以其模糊的学科界限而备受争议。托比·米勒作为当今文化研究领域的最杰出代表,可谓将这一特点发挥到了极致。他的涉猎范围极广,其话题从电视和好莱坞一直延伸到体育和媒体。然而,在米勒这些貌似任意穿行的研究当中,仍可看出:他致力于以一种恢宏的理论视野从日常生活中揭示权力关系发现事物真相,并使之具有一种改变事物的力量。在他看来,这两者本身也是交织在一起的。 Cultural studies have always been controversial with their vague academic boundaries. Toby Miller as the most outstanding representative of the field of cultural studies today, can be said to have this feature to the extreme. He covers a very wide range of topics ranging from television and Hollywood to sports and the media. However, in Milton’s seemingly arbitrary studies, he still can see that he is devoted to discovering the truth of things from the grand vision of everyday life, revealing the truth of things and giving them the power to change things. In his view, the two are themselves intertwined.