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Part I. Universal contexts
1. The sociogenesis of the intellectual field. From French salons and English Coffeehouses to intellectuals in mass culture.
2. The emergence of the intellectual field and its relations with the field of power
3. The role of the Dreyfus Affair in shaping the myth of the independent intellectual
4. Antonio Gramsci and his approach to intelligence
5. The concept of cultural hegemony and its application
6. Between the "Treason of the Clerks" and the concept of hegemony.
7. Involvement in communism: Polish and Western (French) experiences.
8. Intellectuals vs technocrats; legislators vs translators
9. Roles and ethos of "Public Intellectual"
10. Intellectuals and the problem of populism
11. Symbolic elites and intellectuals
12. Elitism and anti-elitism of intellectual elites (from J.W. Machajski to Frank Furedi)
Part II. Local contexts
13. Theoretical Frameworks: intellectuals’ role and functions, symbolic elites, etc.
14. The difference between the intelligentsia and intellectuals
15. Intelligent and intellectual as an (im)perfect citizen
16. Sources of intelligence in Central and Eastern Europe
17. Intellectuals after 1945:
(themes to choose from)
a. dispute over fidelity - Joseph Conrad's message
b. the Polish intelligentsia: "new intelligentsia" vs "old" intelligentsia
c. Intellectuals as Dissidents in Opposition (comparison between different countries under socialism).
18. The fate of the intelligentsia under communism
19. Intellectuals and the problem of Polish transformation
20. The intellectual dispute over the middle class
21. Who is writing history today? The intelligentsia's or folk's history?
22. Contemporary field of power: the Intelligentsia between civil society and the state
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