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59 Chan Heng Chee, Ph.D Department of Political Science, University of Singapore The Role of Intellectuals in Singapore Politics Since "intellectual" is one of the most loosely used terms in the English language, I shall begin by clearly defining this creature we are about to discuss. As Lewis Coser has pointed out "to many it may stand for qualities to be deeply distrusted and despised whilst to others it connotes excellence to be aspired to but not often achieved."'For some it may refers to nothing more than an impractical dreamer holding up the serious business of life but for )ulien Benda and other men of knowledge he is the "conscience of huma- ' There is a tendency among some people to dub everyone who possesses a university degree an intellectual and many Western analysts of the Asian scene in the fifties and early sixties have adopted this rather confusing stand on the grounds that university gra- duates are few in number and are identified apart from their society by the possession of the paper qualification.3 I is true that the country's political leaders are most likely to come from this educated elite of the country. But this definition
Asian Journal of Social Science – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1975
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