Intellectuals
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The Politics of Intellectuals
There's a tension between being part of the life world, as like Habermas would call it, and having opinions about different political topics. I think this tension exists for all people, but I think it's especially pronounced for intellectuals. And so there's something to bend as idea that my views on certain political issues should not be given any more weight than anybody else's who's not an intellectual because I actually don't have expertise in that area at all.
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