"The blurring of the boundaries between discourse and self-promotion leads to a loss of differentiation and to an assimilation of the roles which the now old-fashioned intellectual had once to keep apart. She was not supposed to use the influence she had acquired through her words to gain power, and thus to confuse ‘influence’ with ‘power’. But, in the present-day talk-show landscape, what could still set her apart from politicians who have long used the television as a stage for an intellectual contest over the monopoly of influential issues and concepts? The intellectual was not in demand as an expert. She was supposed to have the courage to take normative stances and the imagination to adopt novel perspectives without losing an awareness of her own fallibility. "
Posted on: Fri, 07 Jun 2013 08:27:29 +0000
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