If you're interested in a more modern and less French-centric take on this topic, Thomas Sowell's "Intellectuals and Society" is not bad:

https://www.amazon.com/Intellectuals-Society-Thomas-Sowell/d...

What gobsmacking arrogance. Who do you suggest does the assessing of 'mistakes' and 'teaching' thereof? http://www.amazon.com/Intellectuals-Society-Revised-Expanded...: as one review puts it - Thomas Sowell - gets right to the warped mindset of the elite intellectual. It should be a must read for every high school senior in the country.