People of legislation and people of interpretation

The people of legislation and the people of interpretation by Zygmunt Bauman ... The modern strategy for intellectual work approaches the strategy of the people of legislation, which consists of establishing propositions and rules that ensure reaching the truth, the correct moral judgment, and proper artistic taste. This strategy was present in historical circumstances marked by intellectual struggle to establish the optimal social system and the foundations of education, culture, and production. As for the postmodern strategy, it is closer to the strategy of the people of interpretation, which involves translating propositions of local societal tradition so that they can be understood within a knowledge system based on another tradition, without favoring one tradition over another, especially as thinkers have become mere intermediaries in communication between groups and their traditions. This strategy prevails in circumstances characterized by pluralism, relativism, and consumerism.