Literally, it can be regarded as the abbreviation of public intellectuals, and accurately defined as intellectuals with academic background and professional quality; Is an actor who speaks about society and participates in public affairs; He is an idealist with critical spirit and moral responsibility.

Known as the most active group on public issues, it can be traced back to the French Enlightenment, but its connotation and reference are not the same as those of public intellectuals.

Now it is a specialized abbreviation for a specific group of people who purposefully guide public opinion or make critical remarks and call themselves "public intellectuals". Public knowledge refers to authoritative and influential public intellectuals with professional background who participate in public topic discussion, cross-discipline, and speak on public topics outside their major.

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social needs

As representatives of social conscience and rationality, public intellectuals should not only show their ideological charm, but also practice it through actions. Their education and knowledge enable them to have a higher understanding of the history and present situation of human society than other members of society.

Their humanistic care is based on the basic value orientation of human beings (freedom and equality), thus showing deep concern for the living conditions and development prospects of human beings, countries and nations.

This consciousness of caring for the country and the people is the core content of public intellectuals' humanistic care, which is embodied in their worries about the reality of human existence, their criticism of the current social order, their concern for the disadvantaged groups and their supervision over the privileged groups.

When public intellectuals express humanistic care on various occasions, they criticize the real social order from the height of thought, theory and system, and point out the ways of improvement and the prospects that should be realized.