The text proposes a few questions on the function and role of the intellectual in contemporary Italy . What remains today of the intellectual universal intellectual or engage and probably the most vexed issues ; mutation , souvenirs , or even yet another abdication , honest dissimulation?

Mirella Serri : They are rare in Italy, writers, entertainers , artists who are proud to show their independence.

Franco Ferrarotti : The intellectual develops the art of survival through a duplicity of behavior. The ideal example for me is that of the great poet Gioacchino Belli day working in the offices of the Vatican censorship and by night he writes sonnets sulfuric acid against the Pope and the cardinals.

Alberto Abruzzese : When you touch a visibility intellectual , professional - doctor , engineer, entrepreneur it is - an attempt in this way over their own profession.

Err De Luca : In the case of pure intellectual as a noun , the scope is restricted to individuals, regardless of profession . Ratzinger is an intellectual.

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