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Legislators and Interpreters: On Modernity, Post-Modernity and Intellectuals

The Canadian Journal of SociologyPublished 1 January 1989Open access
Lewis A. Coser, Zygmunt Bauman
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Abstract

Introduction - intellectuals, from modern legislators to post-modern interpreters Paul Radin, or the aetiology of intellectuals les philosophes - the archetype and the utopia sociogenesis of the power/knowledge syndrome gamekeepers turned gardeners educating people discovery of culture ideology, or building the world of ideas the fall of the legislator the rise of the interpreter two nations mark two - the seduced, the repressed conclusions - one too many.

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