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.

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Cover
Title page
Copyright page
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 Tradition
Neam (Romanian for Kin) and Popor (Romanian for People): The Notions of Romanian Ethno-Centrism
The Concept of Totalitarianism in Romanian Socio-PoliticalLanguages
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
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