Socio-Philosophical Phenomenon of the Intelligentsia: The Genesis of the Formation of the Concept

The article reveals the significance of the concept of “intelligentsia” by analysing the formation and development of the phenomenon of the intelligentsia in the history of philosophical thought. It should be noted that in the analysis of scientific discourse, research practice has encountered a phenomenon about which various ideas have already been formed in the absence of a stable concept, including certainty, conditionality and integrity of the image of the essence of the intelligentsia. The authors propose a way to study this phenomenon by analysing the conceptual and categorical framework that forms the discursive field and then classifying various views represented in the history of philosophical thought by highlighting the main approaches to analysing the intelligentsia.