Organic versus traditional intellectuals is the key axis for analysis

Evidence

The central point of the question remains the distinction between intellectuals as an organic category of every fundamental social group and intellectuals as a traditional category. From this distinction there flow a whole series of problems and possible questions for historical research. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 290

Categorization

• DEFINE: The foundational organic-versus-traditional distinction that organizes Gramsci’s whole theory of intellectuals.