[lbo-talk] Noam on intellectuals

[bitch at pulpculture.org]

question: what's at stake here? why does anyone care what an intellectual 
is? has someone claimed that we can't get anywhere without them? has 
someone claimed we can't get anywhere with them? why harm do they do? what 
good do they do? are we supposed to want more or fewer intellectuals? has 
someone claimed that anti-intellectualism is the problem? is there general 
agreement or sharp disagreement over the notion that anti-intellectualism 
is good or bad thing for left social struggle?

these are serious q's. i'm just trying to figure out why it matters.

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