What is the role of intellectuals today on the art scene, cultural, social, polititca Italian? Who are the intellectuals today? And before that: there are, shall we? We return to discuss a complex issue and obviously vital. After the book of Luke pamphlet Mastrantonio, Intellectuals of the pipe (Marsilio) discussed on these pages in a lively repartee between Cesare Cavalieri and comes out at the same Mastrantonio Giuliano Ladolfi Publisher essay of a young Italianist, Gianpaolo Furgiuele, eloquently titled Intellectuals: a debacle class. In fact, the argument is less peremptory than the assumption of the title would leave thinking. The author raises several issues, analyzing the different positions and, in a sort of appendix to the essay itself, called in comparison to the opinions of some writers, journalists, sociologists of culture such as Alberto Abruzzese, Erri De Luca, Franco Ferrarotti and Mirella Serri.


