Everyone is an intellectual, but few hold the social function.

Evidence

By “intellectuals” must be understood not those strata commonly described by this term, but in general the entire social stratum which exercises an organisational function in the wide sensewhether in the field of production, or in that of culture, or in that of political administration. They correspond to the NCOs and junior officers in the army, and also partly to the higher officers who have risen from the ranks. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 527 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: All humans are philosophers; experts differ only in quantitative rigor.; Intellectuals are defined by social relations, not intrinsic activity.; Intellectuals are any social stratum exercising organizational functions, not merely cultural elites — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 527

Related

• Intellectuals are any social stratum exercising organizational functions, not merely cultural elites (similarity 0.94)
• Intellectual status belongs to anyone performing a directive and organisational function (similarity 0.92)
• Intellectuals are defined by social relations, not intrinsic activity. (similarity 0.91)
• Everyone possesses intellectual activity; intellectuals are a trained social stratum, not a separate species (similarity 0.86)
• Being an intellectual is defined by directive and educative function, not education level. (similarity 0.85)
• Intellectuals act as functionaries of the superstructures mediating society and production (similarity 0.83)
• Redefining intellectuals by social function clashes with caste preconceptions (similarity 0.82)
• Intellectuals are never class-neutral but split into traditional and organic types (similarity 0.82)
• Intellectuals are class-bound, not an autonomous social category (similarity 0.81)
• Intellectuals should ground analysis in history, culture, and socioeconomic reality. (similarity 0.80)
• Everyone is an intellectual insofar as all thought sustains a worldview (similarity 0.80)
• Organic intellectuals arise from technical-educational elaboration of labor. (similarity 0.80)
• Everyone is a philosopher; experts differ only in degree, not kind (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Intellectuals are any social stratum exercising organizational functions, not merely cultural elites #expands (0.85) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 527