"INTELLECTUAL
A dubious character, usually of bourgeois extraction,
in the habit of having personal opinions in
contradiction to the tenets of the socialist order.
There were some remarkable exceptions, too.
Outstanding artists or men of letters who followed the
“Party line”. They were recompensed with glory,
political status and important material advantages."
from the magazine MARTOR,
# 7 FROM 2002, "The eighties in Bucharest"
edited by the MUSEUM OF THE ROMANIAN PEASANT = MUZEUL
TARANULUI ROMAN
http://martor.memoria.ro/
when i was little i learned that thre are 3
cathegories of people:
workers, peasants and intellectuals (in this order)
my parents are intellectuals (and i went to school 19
years in a row from first class to the university),
one of my beloved uncle was workers (and I hade more
sympathy for him because he worked very hard and in
terrible conditions),
and the place where always i feel the best is in the
country side with the peasants (rural Romanian looks
like 1900's)
so, i like to have a PEASANT soul, to WORK hard and to
process my life experience with CREATIVITY! i am an in
tellectual, I say...
thank you for the info about Romanian diaspora!
i found just groups of intellectuals, or bussinesmen
or church organizations
and nothings from the last 10 or 5 years....or at
least after the 1989 (Fall of Berlin Wall)
ABOUT MUSEUMS:
there is just one museum in Romania which talks about
the atrocities from the Communist era:
THE MEMORIAL FROM SIGHET = former political prison
http://www.memorialsighet.ro/ro/
it is "famos" also because here were enprisoned and
killed most of the country's intelligentia/
intellectuals, including political leaders
from 1948 to 1989 INTELLECTUALS (good manners, good
taste, good thinking....) WHERE THE FIRST ENEMIES OF
THE POLITICIANS.....
the "red" goal was: brain washing
nowadays we (Romanians) still struggle with the
definition of the word "politician".... but this is
another discussion
good to talk with you, IRina
--- "David E. Haberstich" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> In a message dated 8/13/2006 8:54:39 P.M. Eastern
> Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> could someone please tell me what the term
> 'intellectual' means. i have
> read the dictionary definition but from the
> definition i am unable to
> understand what attributes put someone into the
> category of an intellectual.
>
>
>
>
>
> I consulted my own dictionary and was rather
> surprised at how unhelpful the
> definition was. Nevertheless, I suppose the
> intention was to be broad and
> inclusive rather than restrictive. Obviously, we
> all use our intellect to some
> degree, but we're not all intellectuals in the sense
> that the term is
> generally used. I'd say an intellectual is someone
> who emphasizes the use of the
> intellect, either in his or her vocation or some
> avocation. "Professional"
> intellectuals would include college professors and
> other scholars,
> philosophers, historians, some (not all) writers,
> some artists and poets, and some
> scientists. "Amateurs" may be intellectuals too,
> but they usually have to produce
> something tangible, such as literary works, to
> qualify as intellectuals.
> Think of someone who thinks "deep" thoughts and
> conveys them somehow.
>
> David Haberstich
>
>
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