"The concept of "organic intellectual" comes from Antonio Gramsci, the founder of PCI (Partita Communista Italiana). His idea was that the intellectual was at the service of the Party and, once the strategy and actions to be taken were established, the "organic intellectual" was the one in charge of looking for the best arguments to defend those strategies and actions, that is, something very similar to the behavior of politicians or the behavior required from a lawyer by a client. 'Traditional intellectuals' are not supposed to have this kind of commitment.