A concept that I really did not fully understand until we touched on it in class was how CCD is not necessarily applicable to all types of intellectuals. It is applicable to the types of intellectuals who are in fields like the technical intelligentsia because technical intelligentsia are types of intellectuals involved with science and in science there is no gray area. You are either right or wrong and you have to prove it. Since CCD says if you want to make claims you have to have proof this suits these types of intellectuals very well. On the other hand, the more artistic types of intellectuals do not necessarily involve themselves in the CCD because it does not make much sense for their line of work. Something I found interesting was how we talked about how the Idea of CCD goes against how the sociology community treats Bordeau because whatever he said people would believe because of his sacredness. No one would dare question anything he said even if he had no proof for some one the claims he made. This just shows that there are exceptions just like anything else in life. The last thing we talked about that got me thinking was the relationship between the power that intellectuals desire and the power they dont feel they have. Since they do not get the social recognition for the work they do, especially in western society they do not feel like they have much power and they want more respect. This is understandable but the problem is that a common trait of intellectuals is that they alienate themselves from the non-intellectuals because they feel like they are above others. Their high regard is probably one of the reasons they do not get the respect they want because they don’t really give others the chance to learn about them and interact with them.
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