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The man of word and action

Author(s): Alexei Vyacheslavovich Zyablikov
Subject(s): Epistemology, Social history, Philosophy of Science, Higher Education , History of Education, Social development
Published by: Ивановский государственный университет
Keywords: V. S. Memetov; humanitarian knowledge; intellectual history; education; science; scientific school; inter-university center; intelligentsia; the journal “Intelligentsia and the World”; conference;

Summary/Abstract: The article is dedicated to the personality of V. S. Memetov (1939—2019), a major teacher and scientist, founder of the scientific school of intelligentsia studies. The article focuses on life situations in which the best qualities of an intellectual and a scientist are revealed: decency, responsibility, scientific thoroughness and delicacy, moral uncompromisingness. The article analyses activity of V. S. Memetov as editor-in-chief of the journal “Intelligentsia and the World”, which today is a cognitive and methodological basis for studying the intellectual history of Russia. Outstanding organizational skills of V. S. Memetov and his special role in the formation of a research center for the study of the history of the intelligentsia deserve a credit. An important part of this work is holding an annual conference, which for more than a quarter of a century serves as a platform for fruitful scientific discussions and combines the efforts of historians, political scientists, philologists, philosophers, and cultural scientists. The article views V. S. Memetov’s attitude to the complex and controversial processes that determine the content of higher education today. It is stated that V. S. Memetov aimed at preservation of the root foundations of our history and culture, so that the rapid flow of innovations will not destroy our national identity.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 23-27
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Russian