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Collectives of intellectuals: Their cohesiveness, accountability, and who can speak on their behalf

Hernando, MG; Baert, P; (2020) Collectives of intellectuals: Their cohesiveness, accountability, and who can speak on their behalf. The Sociological Review , 68 (5) pp. 1143-1158. 10.1177/0038026119900119. Green open access

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Abstract

As of late, the sociology of intellectuals has made important inroads into its object of study. Much of this has been achieved by problematising the modes of engagement intellectuals undertake and multiplying the types of actor that can be considered to have intellectual authority, going beyond the traditional mould of the ‘authoritative’ public intellectual. However, relatively few have theorised how intellectuals associate themselves in groups: how collectives, whether in the form of institutions or not, negotiate their public interventions and position themselves as a group in the public debate. This article delves into this issue, with an emphasis on how ‘intellectual collectives’ reach a common identity and decide who can intervene ‘on their behalf’ – what we call prosopopoeia. Informed by positioning theory, and based on two variables (presence of a single organisational basis and purported intellectual cohesiveness), this article contributes to current debates on the sociology of intellectuals by analysing how collectives of intellectuals intervene in the public debate, reach some form of coordination with their peers, police the boundaries of their collective identity, and, in the process, attain a common position across audiences.

Type: Article
Title: Collectives of intellectuals: Their cohesiveness, accountability, and who can speak on their behalf
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1177/0038026119900119
Publisher version: ttps://doi.org/10.1177/0038026119900119
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10122506
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