Arab societies have been going thought major changes since the end of
the last decade . And in such an era marked with changes role of the
educated emerges because it has to do with creating collective
consciousness.
This research deals with the
concept of the educated and the various
paradoxes that have to do with the question of the concept and definition.
The research also handles the role of the educated represented in the
critical stand to the current social and political frameworks، so the
research reviews the causes behind the retraction of the active role for the
Arab educated and ascribe it to external objective factors (the entire non_
existence of freedom, the absence of democratic atmosphere, the frailty
of national society institutions and the poor economic status) and
subjective factors(the intellectual elite expatriation, the variety of
loyalties and associations and the non-determination of priorities) the
research sheds light on the relationship that the educated has with the
social environment and the political authority. The research finally
handles the relationship of the educated with authority and society and
sees the solution to that paradox in institutionalizing social and political
life.
