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title = "The social disintegraion of the peasents and intellectuals in the South"
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> The South can be defined as a great social disintegration. The peasants, who make up the great majority of its population, have no cohesion among themselves (of course, some exceptions…) [...] This formula can be applied not only to the peasants, but also to the intellectuals.[...] Intellectuals develop slowly, far more slowly than any other social group, by their very nature and historical function. They represent the entire cultural tradition of a people. - ![](author:gramsci.md)

from ![Some Aspects of the Southern Question](bib:11a6ab8f-5580-4553-a57b-b5eb33f1ff9b), in [*Selections from Political Writings 1921-1926*](https://library.memoryoftheworld.org/#/book/4788da2d-d490-46e1-8ffd-81d5b7d8d334)

