Full Description
The studies included in this volume reflect on the development of Romanian society over the past four centuries in the areas of history, politics, sociology, literature, religion, and culture. They evaluate the impact that tradition and modernity have had on its evolution. These papers were presented at the Sixth International Conference of the Center for Romanian Studies, held in Ia?i, Romania, on 3-4 July 2000, on the theme "Tradition and Modernity in Romanian Culture and Civilization, 1600-2000."
Contents
Wither Romania: Tradition or Modernity, Divergence or Convergence? Joan Heifner; The New Security Concept and Romania's Case Adina Stefan; Romanian Unity, 1859, 1918, 1989: Beginnings, Opportunities..., and Illusions Paul E. Michelson; Deciding the National Capital: Budapest, Vienna, Bucharest and Transylvanian Romanian Political Culture Marius Turda; Self-image and Self-legitimation of the Wallachian Princes under the Organic Regulations (1834-1848) Daniel Ursprung; The Rape of Bucharest: Architecture as Performance and Mythology Roann Barris; Romanian Cultural Studies: A Brief Survey of the Site Ilinca Anghelescu A Great English Lady: Sylvia Pankhurst, Eminescu, and Romania Ernest H. Latham; Mysticism and Modernity: The Transitions of a Romanian Orthodox Convent Alice I. Forbess
