A Study Of Gramsci’s Theory Of Organic Intellectuals

Theory of organic intellectuals is an important part of Gramsci’s cultural leadership thought,there is no intelligentsia, is impossible to set up cultural leadership relations.In the study of Gramsci’s culture,intellectuals’ problem is not a simple question to master and teach cultural knowledge,but a question about intellectuals in society functions.Which involves intellectual and social, intellectual and system, the intellectuals and leadership as well as the complex relation between intellectuals and the masses.In these complex relationships,intellectuals need to keep its own independence at the same time actively into the social reality,especially in the public domain,to reveal and criticize the social unfair,let the public to recognize the truth,and further guide the public to the leadership practice,promoting the new liberation and development of human society.Organic intellectuals is one of the core concepts of Gramsci’s entire political thought,in the framework of practical philosophy of Gramsci’s construction,organic intellectuals shoulder the historic mission that they must integrate the theory with practice of the masses in civil society,they are organizers of communicators in capturing and consolidating cultural leadership.Gramsci’s construction of practical philosophy opens up a new philosophical world view,"Philosophy is not a theory dogma, but a historic political practice",and only by establishing the practice philosophy of "organic intellectuals" and "civil society" closely linked to guide the public to "conscious",to break the hegemony of the ruling class,winning a victory of ruled class’s opposing hegemony.When the Angle of view to the21st century today,in the face of globalization,intellectuals in all social class、class、group、the proportion and function is more and more big,but what kind of persons can be called intellectuals and the intellectuals should have what kind of responsibility consciousness and the social function is what problem we should reflect.Reflect the reality of Chinese intellectuals,"organic" concept of borrowed from Gramsci intellectuals,we can see the present situation of Chinese intellectuals is full of contradictions and struggles,and their future will continuously in the reflection.All in all, with Gramsci saying his organic intellectuals concept he not only brings us a new concept interpretation, the more important is provides us with an open way of thinking,it must bring important enlightenment to the role choice of Chinese intellectuals.