DRAGOȘ POPESCU Abstract In the present paper, the author examines Emil Cioran’s essay from 1957, Essai sur la pensée réactionnaire: à propos de Joseph de Maistre, and compares the beliefs in Divine Providence of the Sankt-Petesburg-exiled thinker with Cioran’s ideas on marxist ideology and communism. AnnalsUnibuc-2011-60-01Popescu
DANIEL IONICĂ Abstract Censorship is one of the most important defense mechanisms of an ideology and the political system within a state. By controlling information sources the censors must ensure the optimal operation of the system they defend. Censorship as a social reality appeared along with the apparition of books, although institutionalized censorship occurred after … [Read more…]
Mihail Radu Solcan Abstract This paper argues that the Ottoman term devlet is a much better conceptual choice for explaining and understanding the so-called communist state. Solcan proposes an original analysis of the (Romanian) communist regime (and state), at odds with the standard totalitarian explanatory model or interpretation. His analysis overcomes the left – … [Read more…]
Lavinia Marin Abstract This article proposes a phenomenological interpretation of nostalgia for communism, a collective feeling expressed typically in most Eastern European countries after the official fall of the communist regimes. While nostalgia for communism may seem like a paradoxical feeling, a sort of Stockholm syndrome at a collective level, this article proposes a … [Read more…]
Jean-Claude Bourdin Abstract To the question “What happened with the fall of the Berlin Wall and the fall of Communism?” this article does not provide the reader with original answers. After analyzing how they can be considered as historical events and why the explanations given have not taken seriously that these decisions were taken … [Read more…]
Constantin Stoenescu Abstract A research focused on the changes in Romanian philosophy in the times of communist regime under the authority of ideology wasn’t made yet. My aim in this paper is to try to make the first steps in this direction in the form of a general discussion about the cultural and political … [Read more…]