Intelligentsia

in Life, Above All, I will use Mamdani’s analysis (1994). He makes the four main arguments One, there can be no renaissance without an intelligentsia to drive it. Two, an African Renaissance requires an African-focused intelligentsia to drive it. Third, let us reflect on the sober morning-after realization that South Africa lacks an African-focused intelligentsia in critical numbers. Finally, there is a need to underline the key lesson of the past colonial academy in equatorial Africa… (Mamdani,…

12. What was Alexander 's plan to defeat Napoleon? What was the result? At first, Alexander joined ranks with other European countries because he understood the threat Napoleon presented, and became known as the Fourth Coalition. The Fourth Coalition was able to reach an agreement with France after defeats on both sides and signed the Peace of Tilsit. Some, however, did not abide by this treaty and in 1812 Napoleon invaded Russia. The Russian soldiers were forced to retreat several times but…

Introduction Innumerable historians have tried over the past century to pinpoint the exact moment and reason that led to the fall of Tsar Nicholas II, who was the Emperor of the Russian Empire. However, the downfall of Tsardom cannot be perceived as an event or even a long process, but rather as a consequence of the Russian Revolution of 1917 as well as a sequence of unmanageable and highly antagonistic acts that involved contrasting parties, which occurring simultaneously consequently led to…

facts which are viewed as of secondary importance to the ‘feeling’ being conveyed. In many instances, a reliance on facts and the use of academic jargon makes politics less accessible to the common people who already harbour suspicion against the intelligentsia and resent the educated establishment as elitist and out of touch, preferring to be communicated with in a simple language and have their viewpoints validated, no matter how factually inaccurate their viewpoints may be, simply to feel as…

We all are, in a sense between Netflix and work, arbitrary creatures subjugated by society 's “free will” and capitalistic doctrines. Without careful introspection, we overlook the mental distance between our oughts and our wants as we slowly lose control over our lives. Most peoplesee the onslaught of individual will by our highly demanding, hierarchical, and intelligence-oriented society, but are unable to act against it. It is a lost cause, or rather a triumphant one, that despite scholastic…

Penrod says, “The point, though, is that the image of intellectualism is disliked as anti-social, and the harms of even fallacious perception to this effect spread it to all of the Intelligentsia.” He then makes another point that modern celebrities and social media suggests that intellectualism has no ties to success and social legitimacy. To finish off his article he states, "Regardless of the cause of anti-intellectualism, the effects…

Benchmarking Paper Introduction This paper talks about the application of benchmarking in a business or organization. It is a tool that allows businesses to recognize opportunities for improvement. “Benchmarking is the process of determining who is the very best, who sets the standard, and what that standard is.” (Reh 2014). By applying process analysis we will identify the various ways and which type of benchmarking technique to use. Advantages of the different types of Benchmarking If we…

Hugh Seton-Watson divides nations into two categorized on the basis of their formation process; old continuous and new nations, which he believes is more relevant distinction than historical and unhistorical typologies. The old continuous nations, France and Britain for instance, are those which developed national identity or national consciousness before the formulation of the doctrine of nationalism. They date back to the 1600s before the French Revolution. The old nations emerged through…

lesser people. This isn’t survival of the fittest; they are destroying plant Earth, other animals, humankind – everything! Mankind is losing its mind! We are systemically, deliberately being dumbed down. They are killing us slowly. The middle class intelligentsia - the brains and consciousness…

Founded in Belgium in 1889 and then published in Paris two years later, La Revue blanche disseminated work by avant-garde writers, critics, and artists such as Marcel Proust and Guillaume Apollinaire. The magazine also served as a means for the intelligentsia to discuss social and political issues of the day, most notably the Dreyfus Affair. Its financers were the Natanson brothers – Alexandre, Alfred, and Thadée – who befriended and patronized the Nabis. Bonnard, in particular, became close to…