Benjamin, W. “The Author as Producer” re the intellectual, 1934

“Here it is quite palpable where the conception of the “intellectual,” as a type defined by his opinions, attitudes, or dispositions, but not by his position in the process of production, leads. He must, as Doblin puts it, find his place beside the proletariat. But what kind of place is that? That of a benefactor, of an ideological patron — an impossible place.” – p. 228

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