Take the question that corresponds to your group number and jot down some thoughts on it. After 10 minutes, we’ll convene big group and discuss your answers together.
- AG argues that “traditional” intellectuals are distinguished, in part, by an “esprit de corps,” a sense of themselves as “autonomous and independent.” Why is this? What is the basis for this collective sense?
- On p. 932, AG asserts that “homo faber cannot be separated from homo sapiens.” What does this mean? How does Gramsci link thinking with working? What implications does this have for Gramsci’s definition of “intellectual” as a social type?
- Why, for AG, can intellectual no longer be defined in terms of “eloquence”? What is the new ground AG suggests for defining the intellectual?
- Why are education and educational institutions so crucial to modern society, according to Gramsci? What would AG think about Hunter College? CUNY? Your local P.S.? What, in other words, is the social function of education?
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