The Intellectual of the Public and the Intellectual of the Elite: The Dialectic of Role and Power in the Digital Age

An-Nahar: The question “Who is the intellectual?” is no longer an innocent academic inquiry about definitions; it has become a problem that reveals deeper transformations in the structure of knowledge and power. If the intellectual in the classical image represents the “conscience of the nation” and guardian of truth, the contemporary cultural scene is teeming with new forms of actors…