Some Reflections on Historical Semantics, Political Modernity and Romanian History (1780–1939)

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface to the English Edition vii
4. Foreword ix
5. Is Rewriting Romanian History Useful? The Evolution of Socio-Political Concepts and Alternative Interpretations 1
6. On the Process of Writing the History of Romania: Methodological Issues 27
7. Some Reflections on Historical Semantics, Political Modernity and Romanian History (1780–1939) 45
8. The Concept of Patriotism in Romanian Culture 77
9. Romanian Liberalism (1821–1866) 107
10. Democracy, Democratic, Democratization 131
11. The Concept of Progress: The Fraught Relation between Liberalism and State Intervention 153
12. The Concept of Property in Romania’s Economic-Legal History 183
13. The Notion of Europe from the Perspective of Romanian Historical Studies 223
14. Images of Europe – Images of Romania (1945/1948–2008) 263
15. The Concept of Constitution in the History of Romanian Legal Thought 289
16. The Concept of National Style in Artistic Historiography. Asserting a Critical Vocabulary 315
17. The Conceptualization of National Character in the Romanian Intellectual Tradition1 333
18. Neam (Romanian for Kin) and Popor (Romanian for People): The Notions of Romanian Ethno-Centrism 377
19. The Concept of Totalitarianism in Romanian Socio-Political Languages 403
20. Transition, Transitions: The Conceptualization of Change in Romanian Culture 423
21. The History of Politics as a Dispute around the Concepts of Politics, Statesman, Political Person, Politician 453
22. Summary: Key-Concepts of Romanian History: Alternative Approaches to Socio-Political Languages 485
23. Contributors 489
24. Index of terms and concepts 497