Key Concepts of Romanian History : : Alternative Approaches to Socio-Political Languages / / ed. by Armin Heinen, Victor Neumann.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2013-1998
• MitwirkendeR: Binder Iijima, Edda,; Bochmann, Klaus,; Demetrescu, Ruxandra,; Escudier, Alexandre,; Harre, Angela,; Heinen, Armin,; Hitchins, Keith,; Maner, Hans-Christian,; Meurs, Wim van,; Murgescu, Bogdan,; Murgescu, Mirela-Luminiţa,; Müller, Dietmar,; Neumann, Victor,; Trencsényi, Balázs,
• HerausgeberIn: Heinen, Armin,; Neumann, Victor,
• Place / Publishing House: Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2022]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (518 p.)

The theoretical analyses and interpretations contained in the studies of this volume focus on key-concepts such as: politics, politician, democracy, Europe, liberalism, constitution, property, progress, kinship, nation, national character and specificity, homeland, patriotism, education, totalitarianism, democracy, democratic, democratization, transition. The essays unveil specific aspects belonging to Romania's past and present. They also offer alternative perspectives on the Romanian culture through the relationship between the elite and society, and novel reflections on the delayed and unfinished modernization processes within the society and the state. The editors articulate the results coming from various sciences, such as history, linguistics, sociology, political sciences, and philosophy with the aim that the past and present profiles of Romania are better understood.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to the English Edition -- Foreword -- Is Rewriting Romanian History Useful? The Evolution of Socio-Political Concepts and Alternative Interpretations -- On the Process of Writing the History of Romania: Methodological Issues -- Some Reflections on Historical Semantics, Political Modernity and Romanian History (1780–1939) -- The Concept of Patriotism in Romanian Culture -- Romanian Liberalism (1821–1866) -- Democracy, Democratic, Democratization -- The Concept of Progress: The Fraught Relation between Liberalism and State Intervention -- The Concept of Property in Romania’s Economic-Legal History -- The Notion of Europe from the Perspective of Romanian Historical Studies -- Images of Europe – Images of Romania (1945/1948–2008) -- The Concept of Constitution in the History of Romanian Legal Thought -- The Concept of National Style in Artistic Historiography. Asserting a Critical Vocabulary -- The Conceptualization of National Character in the Romanian Intellectual Tradition1 -- Neam (Romanian for Kin) and Popor (Romanian for People): The Notions of Romanian Ethno-Centrism -- The Concept of Totalitarianism in Romanian Socio-Political Languages -- Transition, Transitions: The Conceptualization of Change in Romanian Culture -- The History of Politics as a Dispute around the Concepts of Politics, Statesman, Political Person, Politician -- Summary: Key-Concepts of Romanian History: Alternative Approaches to Socio-Political Languages -- Contributors -- Index of terms and concepts