Today I learned that
Mar. 25th, 2014 12:01 amПонятие "Интеллигенция" пришло в Россию из Польши, после того, как Россия окупировала часть страны.
Essentially, intelligentsia is a set of intellectuals who resist cultural authoritarianism. Once an intellectual affiliates him/herself with an authoritarian government, s/he should not be considered a member of intelligentsia.
The term was borrowed from Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel in around 1840s, to describe the educated and professionally active segment of patriotic bourgeoisie able to become the spiritual leaders of the country ruled by a foreign power in an authoritarian way.
Essentially, intelligentsia is a set of intellectuals who resist cultural authoritarianism. Once an intellectual affiliates him/herself with an authoritarian government, s/he should not be considered a member of intelligentsia.