A traditional civilization subordinates all spheres to intellectual principles

Evidence

The relationship between the intellectuals and the world of production is not as direct as it is with the fundamental social groups but is, in varying degrees, “mediated” by the whole fabric of society and by the complex of superstructures, of which the intellectuals are, precisely, the “functionaries”. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 277 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Weber’s scheme routes all institutions from traditional to rationalized via charisma — Fredric Jameson, The Political Unconscious, 6131; Intellectuals act as functionaries of the superstructures mediating society and production — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 277; Cultural universalism logically demands imperial imposition to be realized

Broader Connections

• Intellectuals act as functionaries of the superstructures mediating society and production #complicates (0.78) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 277