...a socioeconomic class in classical Marxist terms). Every social group of this type, Gramsci argues, 'creates together with itself, organically, one or...economic but also in the social and political fields' (ibid. p. 5). These intellectuals are not of a single sort. On the one hand there are 'traditional'...

...that proletarian praxis autonomously generated its own theory.159 In this connection, Gramsci wrote: "Every social group, coming into existence on the...the economic, but also in the social and political fields."160 In contrast to Lenin, Bogdanov and Gramsci arrived at the idea that the working class could...

...the original terrain of an essential function in the world of economic production," Gramsci writes, "creates together with itself, organically, one or...economic but also in the social and political fields" ( "The Intellectuals," in ibid., p. 5). Writing in the context of Fascist Italy, where the power of...

...social group, coming into existence on the original terrain of an essential function," writes Gramsci, "creates together with itself, organically, one or...economic but also in the social and political fields." 30 As Sassoon observes, Gramsci s concept of the intellectual fulfills a number of tasks. It critiques...

...in the world of economic production, creates together with itself, organically, one or more strata1 of intellectuals which give it homogeneity and an...economic but also in the social and political fields. The capitalist entrepreneur creates alongside himself the industrial technician, the specialist in...

...social change. He explains the concept of 'organic' intellectuals in this manner: Each social class "creates together with itself, organically, one or...homogeneity and an awareness of its own function not only in economic but also in the social and political fields."19 The notion of the 'organic' intellectual is...

...organizers of opposition groups, they have a consciousness raising function. They give a social group 'homogeneity and an awareness of its own function...economic, but also in the social and political fields' (p. 5). They do not transmit an alternative philosophy to the group. This alternative philosophy will...

...worldwide field, between complexes of national and continental civilisations (p. 350) 2 Intellectuals (a) Every social group, coming into existence on the original...economic but also in the social and political fields. The capitalist entrepreneur creates alongside himself the industrial technician, the specialist in...

...lSocial Classes and Their Intellectualsl Every social group, coming into existence on the otiginal terrain of an essential function in the world of economic...economic but also in the social and political fields. The capitalist entrepreneut creates alongside himself the industtial technician, the specialist in...

...the spirit in which Gramsci (1971) used the term. According to Granisci, every social group creates one or more "strata of intellectuals which give it...economic, but also in the social and political fields" (1971:5). Academicians are the intellectuals trained to represent the interests of groups in power,...