Intelligentsia

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The flag of the Workers' Party of Korea includes a paintbrush to represent intellectuals in addition to the traditional hammer and sickle.

"Establish a corps of intellectuals made up of tens of thousands of people from the working class"

The intelligentsia or intellectuals are a specialized social group that includes officials and skilled professionals. They support their class and promote its ideology in the social and political fields. After a revolution, the new ruling class seeks to assimilate or take control of the intellectuals from the previous class.

See also

• Academia
• Anti-intellectualism
• Organic intellectual