TY - JOUR
T1 - Paradoxes of "free floating" and Controversy of betrayal
T2 - Intellectuals' Reflections on themselves against the background of terror
AU - Rimon, Helena
PY - 2013/9
Y1 - 2013/9
N2 - Throughout the 1900s, intellectuals have been defined as a "privileged minority" (according to Chomsky), or as outsiders, whose "free floating" condition (Mannheim) guarantees their functioning as "custodians of values like reason and justice" (Hofstadter). Julien Benda accused intellectuals of betraying this mission. But, perhaps, betrayal is built into the very nature of their privileged position; perhaps, by pretending to be "free floating," generations of intellectuals have actually been constructing predictable paradigms, using calamity as a new kind of raw material for the old myth of lucrimax (Etkind). The tragic experience of Russian intellectuals provides us with fresh insight for this discussion.
AB - Throughout the 1900s, intellectuals have been defined as a "privileged minority" (according to Chomsky), or as outsiders, whose "free floating" condition (Mannheim) guarantees their functioning as "custodians of values like reason and justice" (Hofstadter). Julien Benda accused intellectuals of betraying this mission. But, perhaps, betrayal is built into the very nature of their privileged position; perhaps, by pretending to be "free floating," generations of intellectuals have actually been constructing predictable paradigms, using calamity as a new kind of raw material for the old myth of lucrimax (Etkind). The tragic experience of Russian intellectuals provides us with fresh insight for this discussion.
KW - Bakhtin
KW - Baudrillard
KW - Carnival
KW - Chronotope
KW - Elite
KW - Foucault
KW - Intellectuals
KW - Mythology
KW - Sowell
KW - Terror
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84881605649&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09546553.2013.814493
DO - 10.1080/09546553.2013.814493
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AN - SCOPUS:84881605649
SN - 0954-6553
VL - 25
SP - 531
EP - 549
JO - Terrorism and Political Violence
JF - Terrorism and Political Violence
IS - 4
ER -