Key Concepts of Romanian History: Alternative Approaches to Socio-Political Languages

Published by Central European University Press 2013

Key Concepts of Romanian History

Alternative Approaches to Socio-Political Languages

Edited by: Victor Neumann and Armin Heinen

https://doi.org/10.1515/9786155225581

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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.

Author / Editor information

Neumann Victor :

Victor Neumann is Professor of Universal and Romanian Modern History at the the West University of Timisoara and Director of the Reinhart Koselleck International Doctoral School of Conceptual History, which he jointly founded at the same university with co-editor Armin Heinen, and which benefits from the financial support of the Volkswagen Foundation, Germany.

Heinen Armin :

Armin Heninen is Professor of Pre-modern and Modern History at the University of Aachen. He studied history, political sciences and mathematics at the University of Frankfurt am Main, and he earned his PhD from the University of Trier. He obtained his docentship from the University of Saarbrücken. He is an invited professor at the University of Würzburg. He has extensively published in the fi eld of European, German, Dutch, American and French comparative history.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface to the English Edition Victor Neumann and Armin Heinen Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Foreword Victor Neumann and Armin Heinen Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Is Rewriting Romanian History Useful? The Evolution of Socio-Political Concepts and Alternative Interpretations Victor Neumann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
On the Process of Writing the History of Romania: Methodological Issues Armin Heinen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
Some Reflections on Historical Semantics, Political Modernity and Romanian History (1780–1939) Alexandre Escudier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
The Concept of Patriotism in Romanian Culture Klaus Bochmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
Romanian Liberalism (1821–1866) Keith Hitchins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
Democracy, Democratic, Democratization Wim van Meurs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
The Concept of Progress: The Fraught Relation between Liberalism and State Intervention Angela Harre Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
The Concept of Property in Romania’s Economic-Legal History Dietmar Müller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
The Notion of Europe from the Perspective of Romanian Historical Studies Hans-Christian Maner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
Images of Europe – Images of Romania (1945/1948–2008) Armin Heinen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
The Concept of Constitution in the History of Romanian Legal Thought Edda Binder Iijima Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289
The Concept of National Style in Artistic Historiography. Asserting a Critical Vocabulary Ruxandra Demetrescu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	315
The Conceptualization of National Character in the Romanian Intellectual Tradition1 Balázs Trencsényi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	333
Neam (Romanian for Kin) and Popor (Romanian for People): The Notions of Romanian Ethno-Centrism Victor Neumann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	377
The Concept of Totalitarianism in Romanian Socio-Political Languages Victor Neumann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	403
Transition, Transitions: The Conceptualization of Change in Romanian Culture Mirela-Luminiţa Murgescu and Bogdan Murgescu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	423
The History of Politics as a Dispute around the Concepts of Politics, Statesman, Political Person, Politician Armin Heinen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	453
Summary: Key-Concepts of Romanian History: Alternative Approaches to Socio-Political Languages Victor Neumann and Armin Heinen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	485
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	489
Index of terms and concepts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	497

Language: English
Publisher: Central European University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 518
Keywords: Historiography; Political philosophy; Romania

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Published: February 10, 2013
ISBN: 9786155225581