Értelmiség és dominancia a posztkommunista társadalmakban
The intelligentsia have played a key role in the East Central European post-communist transitions. They occupical a decisive position during the period between the decay of the old bureaucratic elite and the emergence of the new bourgeois elite. The paper written in 1990 analyses the transformation and embourgeoisement of the cadre elite, the limitations of the class formation of cadres and intellectuals. The authors highlight the petit bourgeois transformation of the Kádár period and the victory of the critical culture of the opposition (mediocracy) over the party jargon of the cadre elite. The authors draw the conclusion that their book written in 1974 on the class formation of the intelligentsia entitled The Intellectuals on the Road to Class Power has withstood the times in several respects, and the elite of the intelligentsia may acquire major authority as a kind of ‘politocracy’ besides the bureaucracy and the nascent new bourgeoisie.