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The increasing differentiation of occupational roles has eroded the classic function of intellectuals as the supreme producers of sense and logic. Intellectuals survive as specialists in clearly defined areas in the roles of political advisors, research institution directors, university professors, and journalists/columnists, and a very small number of them as interpreters of general values and behavioral characteristics. This evolution has modified the previous close relation between intellectuals and political power, and has been partially responsible for the authoritarian tradition and for the lack of critical vision as to the real collective identity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]