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That its members were the first to use the word "redneck" to describe ordinary people.

The intelligentsia in Russia has almost disappeared. So say 49%of the sociologists of the Levada Center. With 71%believe that intellectuals do not have any effect on the situation in the country.

As it turns out - the intelligentsia has died? Yes, I think, the way it is. Almost no one says, 'We're with you - intelligent people ", and himself an intellectual nobody calls. The Russian intelligentsia has ended. But what was it?

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The intelligentsia, according to Encyclopedia of Philosophy 1989 - is "a social group made up of people who are professionally engaged in mental work. Its composition is extremely diverse, engineers, teachers, doctors, scientists and educators, artistic intelligentsia, professionals, administrative staff (employees of government agencies), and so forth. "

This definition is generally accepted. Say, intellectuals - doctors, teachers, scientists, and writers. But is it? After all, these jobs have not gone away. Yes, the poorer their representatives after the liberal reforms of the 90s, but they are still there. Only the intellectuals themselves have not called.

So, intelligence is not transferred along with the profession. It - something else. What is it? In fact, it is - a code of conduct. After all, this intelligent does not necessarily have to be a man of intellectual labor, but it must share certain values ​​and adhere to certain standards of communication.

Is it conceivable that the intelligent picking his teeth or put your feet on the table? No. But this has nothing to do with mental work. Similarly, it was impossible from an intellectual justification for tyranny. Many observers even believe that the eternal opposition of power and is the true definition of intelligence. But it is not. Indeed, many intellectuals were apolitical. Rather, this layer of abstraction inherent in humanity, a protest against the killing and abuse of human dignity.

Here we come to the important stuff. It turns out that an intellectual - a man, dignified and capable of defending it. In other words, intellectual, believes that is endowed with inalienable rights that government has no right to violate.

But then the Russian intelligentsia - the brother of a British gentleman. After all, who is this gentleman? This is an Englishman, endowed with rights and dignity. When I was researching the question, "has gone from" Gentlemen, it appeared that the gentleman had to have at least a small personal fortune, which, in turn, gave him the right to vote in the House of Commons (in the XIX century there was a property qualification). In other words, the gentleman was being political. That's why any constable treated him with respect: the gentleman was an integral part of the political class in England, although it was on the lower level (above were in session in the House of Lords and the Monarch aristocrats).

Let us make one more step. It turns out that a gentleman - it is simply a voter, that is, a citizen who lives in a society where the dignity of the civilian has not found it? I think this definition is correct. Gentlemen - the germ of the English Civil nation. Their habits and standard of behavior gradually spread throughout the country. As a result, gentlemen, citizens have become residents of the UK, except for members of the House of Lords, which is still officially denied the right to vote in the House of Commons.

We now return to his native aspen - to our dear intellectuals. Were they simply a prototype of Russian civil nation? I think that the way it was. Russian intelligentsia - is a Russian citizen to his greatest development of a hundred years later.

However, unlike the British gentlemen, the fate of the Russian intelligentsia was bitter. The Revolution of 1917 interrupted the process of building a civic nation, and intellectuals have become a "layer", ie, the technical experts who were called to serve the government. Gradually, in this environment prevailed narodofobiya - as opposed to the idea narodolyubiya XIX century. Instead of idealizing the people, it began to blacken. Salt the word "redneck" to describe ordinary people have been invented precisely in this environment.

In short, if the development of the intelligentsia was in the right direction now, intellectuals would be all the people of Russia. "Intellectual" was to be a common name of the Russian citizen. Newspapers around the world have used the term "intellectuals believe (as a synonym for the phrase" Russia believes "), this and that on this issue" ...

But alas, this was not true. In the 1990s, the Soviet intelligentsia opposed to the people themselves, instead of become a nation. Logical ending - it's almost completely disappeared under the people's curse, and call himself an intellectual has become almost obscene. Now move more and more self-determination as "intellectual", but even this term are only a few highbrow aesthetes.

So, create a new nation, our gentlemen and intellectuals have new from scratch. While the new layer has not yet emerged, but the standards of conduct are already formed. I have great interest in watching the grass-roots anti-alcohol campaign of the "Russian jogs," calls for going to the gym or engage in on the bar. It just seems ridiculous, but actually creates people with dignity.

Because the XIX century English gentleman was to be not only smart, but also be able to give an opponent in the face with knowledge of boxing. Recall of Sherlock Holmes - a typical gentleman in this sense.

So the new intelligentsia could come from not waiting. Formed during the morning runs, and a conscious rejection of alcohol. She still has no name. Well, the name may be a year or two. Or you can even do easier and keep the old name. Sober Russian sports person to the same student, a student at the university - is not an intellectual?

So all is not lost. The intelligentsia had died, but - long live the intellectuals!
Svyatenko Paul