Conclusion: The Drama Surrounding Intellectuals
摘要
This concluding chapter turns our focus to the more diffuse and democratic possibilities in the study of dramatic intellectuals. Identifying common themes across this volume’s chapters, it draws out the difference between the drama emitting by intellectuals and the drama surrounding them by linking the cultural sociology of intellectuals to the charismatic counter-roles in Weber’s theory of charisma. It concludes with the implications of the theory of dramatic intellectuals on pedagogy and makes a case for making ourselves secondary characters in the dramatic formation of our students.