什么是Davos man？

Davos Man is a neologism which refers to the global elite of wealthy people whose members view themselves as completely international. Davos is an Alpine city in eastern Switzerland which became famous in the 1990s for hosting the World Economic Forum, an annual gathering of international politicians and financiers who represented a transnational elite.

Davos Men supposedly see their entity as a matter of personal choice, not an accent of birth. According to political scientist Samuel P. Huntington, who is credited with inventing the phrase "Davos Man.they are people who "have little need for national loyalty, view national boundaries as obstacles that thankfully are vanishing, and see national governments as resues from the past whose only useful function is to facilitate the élite's global operations". In his 2004 article "Dead Souls: The Denationalization of the American Elite," he argues that this international perspective is a minority elitist position not shared by the nationalist majority of the people.

John Fonte of the Hudson Institute has suggested that the transnational eology of Davos Man represents a major challenge to Francis Fukuyama's assertion that liberal democracy represents the fulfillment of The End of History and the Last Man.

Hernando de Soto Polar of the Institute for Liberty and Democracy attributes a similar concept to Henri Braudel, referring to it as the "bell jar". Although internationally connected, each country's elite lives in a bell jar in the sense of being out of touch with its own populace. Their isolation fosters a tendency to be oblivious to the fate of their fellow citizens.

Davos man——達(dá)沃斯人，是那些擁護(hù)全球化，在世界范圍內(nèi)行走并且真正具有全球意識(shí)及高端能力的國(guó)際化優(yōu)秀人士。也是是優(yōu)雅、專(zhuān)業(yè)、敬業(yè)的代名詞。

Davos man的由來(lái)與發(fā)展：

上個(gè)世紀(jì)，達(dá)沃斯以其天然的好環(huán)境而聞名世界。

位于瑞士東部河谷格勞賓登州（Graubunden）的達(dá)沃斯（Davos），是一個(gè)海拔高達(dá)1560米的山中谷地，高聳的阿爾卑斯山擋住北方吹來(lái)的風(fēng)，使這里陽(yáng)光充沛，又沒(méi)有嘈雜的喧囂。

100年后，達(dá)沃斯作為地名已經(jīng)淡出，最讓人們記起這個(gè)地方的是每年一度以其名字命名的“世界經(jīng)濟(jì)論壇”。

今天的這個(gè)“達(dá)沃斯”屬于誰(shuí)呢？

是那個(gè)能吸引全球的頂級(jí)政商大佬們齊聚一堂的瑞士洛桑管理學(xué)院普通教授——施瓦布？還是將從阿爾卑斯山間小鎮(zhèn)轉(zhuǎn)移到中國(guó)的海濱城市的來(lái)自近100個(gè)國(guó)家和地區(qū)的數(shù)千名政府首腦、知名企業(yè)家以及社會(huì)團(tuán)體的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人？

9月10日，夏季達(dá)沃斯將再次來(lái)到大連。

世界經(jīng)濟(jì)論壇北京代表處的首席代表韋瑞龍（ChristopheWe－ber）說(shuō)：“達(dá)沃斯論壇是一場(chǎng)思維的盛宴，并不屬于某個(gè)人或者群體。”

在達(dá)沃斯論壇上，“達(dá)沃斯人”優(yōu)雅、專(zhuān)業(yè)、敬業(yè)的個(gè)人形象為很多職業(yè)男女提供了禮儀榜樣。對(duì)于類(lèi)似他們這樣常年行走在國(guó)際舞臺(tái)上的人來(lái)說(shuō)，掌握必備的全球職場(chǎng)社交禮法，是提高自身形象和身份地位的制勝法寶。因?yàn)?，一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)社交技巧就有可能影響到他們的一筆大生意。

在達(dá)沃斯論壇上，世界各地的精英薈萃。雖然每個(gè)國(guó)家的文化和習(xí)俗都有所不同。但是，當(dāng)來(lái)自全球各地的人會(huì)集到一起時(shí)，會(huì)議的氣氛卻是如此和諧。每個(gè)人都是各自國(guó)家的“名片”，每個(gè)人也都是各自企業(yè)的“名片”，他們的一言一行都代表了一種文化和一種氣質(zhì)。

“達(dá)沃斯人”已經(jīng)把這些禮儀當(dāng)成了一種習(xí)慣，因?yàn)樗麄兠靼祝瑱C(jī)遇可能會(huì)隨時(shí)出現(xiàn)。在飛機(jī)上，同桌的人有可能將來(lái)會(huì)成為重要的合作伙伴。在路上，一個(gè)陌生人的一句玩笑也有可能提供一個(gè)很好的思路。而在達(dá)沃斯論壇這樣的國(guó)際場(chǎng)合，每一個(gè)人的每一句話都有可能成為一句非常重要的忠告和提示。這些，都會(huì)帶來(lái)更多的機(jī)遇。