Mending the divide
Intellectuals and intelligentsia in Ukrainian scholarly discourse
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12658199 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ielyzaveta Shchepetylnykova (Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 279-296 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Societies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1461-6696 • E-ISSN: 1469-8307 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14616696.2023.2188084 |
| OpenAlex | W4324150388 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 36 |
The manifestation of Russian imperial ambitions in February 2022 caught many around the world by surprise, but Ukrainian scholarly attempts at decolonization had been ongoing for years prior to the invasion. Intellectuals have strived to re-imagine Ukrainian identity beyond the conceptualization of the country in imperial discourse as ‘little Russia’. This paper examines how the phenomenon of the intelligentsia has been re-interpreted, by performing a critical discourse analysis of Ukrainian scholarly discourse on the dichotomy between ‘intellectuals’ and ‘intelligentsia’, a dichotomy previously used by the Soviet Union to juxtapose Western and Soviet academics. The study focuses on scholarship that has been underrepresented in the global science system because its research outputs have been communicated in Ukrainian rather than English. The analysis demonstrates how the scholarly discourse reclaims the agency of Ukrainian intellectuals and challenges the Soviet collectivist understanding of the term ‘intelligentsia’. Ukrainian academics approach the reassessment of colonial legacies critically. They reject the intellectuals–intelligentsia dichotomy by reconciling the two terms to accommodate the identity of Ukrainian scholars who are able to shape their individual purpose through their restored academic freedom and individual agency
Agency (philosophy · Intelligentsia · Linguistics · Political science · Politics · Scholarship · Social science · Sociology · Ukrainian · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Gender Studies · Law · Soviet and Russian History
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |