as we worship

Ti nætters drømme

og han bliver hurtigt en populær og respekteret skikkelse

så hun kan forberede sig på revolutionen

som han lægger planer om at forføre

Representations of the Intellectual as we worshipAre intellectuals merely the servants of special interests or do they have a larger responsibility? In these wide ranging essays, one of our most brilliant and fiercely independent public thinkers addresses this question with extraordinary eloquence. Said sees the intellectual as an exile and amateur whose role it is 'to speak the truth to power' even at the risk of ostracism or imprisonment. Drawing on the examples of Jonathan Swift and Theodor