THE ROLE OF THE RUSSIAN INTELLIGENTSIA IN THE SOCIO-POLITICAL PROCESSES

Abstract

Purpose. Transformation processes in the Russian society over the past two decades have caused both positive and painful changes in the social, economic, political and spiritual life of the country. New socio-economic conditions resulting from the reform of science, education and culture determine the scientific interest of researching the role and place of the modern Russian intelligentsia in Russia’s socio-political life. The subject of analysis is the ontological, epistemological and axiological patterns of the influence of the Russian intelligentsia on socio-political processes. The purpose of the article is to study the essential characteristics of the intelligentsia as a special social class of people and the peculiarities of its relationship with the authorities and broad sections of the population of the country. Methodology. The methodological basis of the research was a general scientific method of analysis and synthesis, as well as interdisciplinary and comparative approaches. Results. Based on the above methods, the author comes to the conclusion that historically the intelligentsia in Russia plays a special role in the socio-political, cultural, moral life. Socio-political ideas that originated in the intelligentsia, through a certain period of time, inevitably influenced the mass mood. In the late XX – early XXI century, the prestige of the intelligentsia was seriously undermined. The author believes that the movement along the path of progressive development, sustainable social and economic development for modern Russia is impossible without strengthening the social status of this stratum of people. Practical implications. The results of the research can be applied in courses of philosophy, sociology and culturology.

Keywords

• власть
• интеллигенция
• культурно-образовательный потенциал
• политическая позиция