In its own field the party functions more completely than the State.

Evidence

Indeed it can be said that within its field the political party accomplishes its function more completely and organically than the State does within its admittedly far larger field. An intellectual who joins the political party of a particular social group is merged with the organic intellectuals of the group itself, and is linked tightly with the group. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 295

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clarifies that absorption into the party is what turns an outside intellectual into a group’s organic intellectual.