Sodobni intelektualec - funkcija, čas in družbaČerne, France (Avtor) intelektualciinteligencapostindustrijska družbastrokovnjakidružbeni položajzavestdružbena vlogaAn intellectual is no doubt a personality; he is a leading person of any society, "the spirit of time" (without power); unconscious of the role or not intentionally playing it. It is not easy to speak about him in general, it isn't even fair. Why not? Because the intellectual is a personality per se. Inspite of this, this article will try to depict some of his general characteristics. An intellectual is a part of the intelligentsia par excellence, but not belonging to it as an established system's stratum. It is true, he has been developing along with society's development. However not in congruence with it, but in opposition to it, as its "critical (unhappy) conscience". Though we find some of an intellectual's characteristics earli-erin history, the modern intellectual had evolved from the bourgeois, industrial-capitalist society. The question is raising, does the so called post-industrial society need intellectuals of the previuos type? The answer is: not just the same type. Nevertheless, it will still need intellectual as its criti-cial conscience. Why? Because there will never be a society with-out cotradictions.Fakulteta za sociologijo, politične vede in novinarstvo v Ljubljani19972015-07-10 20:02:47Delo ni kategorizirano65000UDK: 316.35ISSN pri članku: 0040-3598COBISS_ID: 18020957OceCobissID: 763652sl