Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 11:58:18 -0500 From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood-AT-panix.com> Subject: intellectuals Murray K. Simpson wrote: >Thus when he says above 'By what right would _he_ do so?' >he is clearly attempting to resist an expectation being placed on >himself. If an intellectual has spent his or her life studying birdsong or mapping the migration pattern of salmon, there are no such expectations. But is it wrong to expect that a student of the history and mechanics of political and cultural power might have some advice to offer people involved in practical struggles? I wonder if behind this stance of modesty there isn't an arrogant detachment from the mob. Doug
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