Deschideri postmoderne/ Postmodern Openings
Authors: Antonio Sandu, Aura Carmen Slate, Dumitru Catalin Rogojanu, Simona Maries Gruian
Lumen Publishing House
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Iasi, Romania No. 1/ 2010
Recurring Themes in the History of Social and Political Philosophy/ Teme recurente in istoria filosofiei sociale si politice – Antonio Sandu
Philosophy, from its origins in ancient Greece was concerned about social order and statutory rules of social coexistence. Although autonomous in contemporary sciences, legal and social policy are still deeply linked to the major philosophical ideas, which continued certain impact. Change of paradigms in the sphere of knowledge, is usually followed by a new model of social action. Not all philosophical views have proved efficient on social practice, on the contrary some of them have gone when they are applied in the political conflict or social movement particularly those with serious implications for humanity. The case made by Nietzsche doctrine which was adopted as the ideological basis for Nazi propaganda, and in whose name millions were murdered by ethnic criteria just for beeing Hebrews or Romma population from considerations of belonging to an inferior race. Socialist and communist ideals of Karl Marx can be considerate as origin of the totalitarian communist ideology. We present below some of the thinkers who have influenced the evolution of society in the social-political and legal, philosophers who were concerned about the evolution of society, the state and the ideas about democracy, rule of law, equality before the law, human dignity and human rights, with no pretense of completeness.
Ciocnirea Civilizatiilor: Turcia si UE? / Clash of Civilizations: Turkey and EU? – Dumitru Catalin Rogojanu
Starting from the long debated civilization paradigm initiated by Huntington and based upon the role of religion, this study is aimed at investigating the problem of Turkey’s integration in the European Union, both from the Turkish perspective and the European one. Structured on two distinct parts, our current research seeks, on one hand, to point out a possible internal Turkish crisis, reflected in the significant changes of Islamism, felt after the secularization process initiated by Ataturk and continued by his supporters:; on the other hand we will note the amplification of an international-wide crisis, noted in the position that Europeans adopted towards accepting Turkey in the EU. Between these two levels, we will also talk about sensible topics for Turkey, such as: political Islam, Islam resurgence, privatization and deprivatization of religion; regarding EU, the following question rises: is it a civilizational identity project, with a Christian heritage or does it aims to be a multi-civilizational and multi-religious project, which accepts among its components Islamic countries.
Raportul Stat-Biserica in perioada guvernarii Petru Groza (1945-1947). Biserica Greco-Catolica din Romania si atitudinea Vaticanului/ State-church report in Petru Groza’s government (1945-1947). Greek Catholic Church from Romania and the Vatican’s attitude – Dumitru Catalin Rogojanu
The paper above presents, in a concrete way, the general report between the communism in the period when Petru Groza governed (1945-1947) and the Greek Catholic Church, in Romania, with the more or less involvement of the Holy See or of the Russian Orthodox Church. It is also made an evidence of the antagonistic perceptions of the communism and of the Catholicism as well, from the ideological point of view, regarding the position of obedience or insubordination in the difficult relationships between State and Church.
As a primary aspect, the study is concentrated on depicting the principles that guided the communists in order to develop a contradictory attitude towards the Church, to highlight the essential features of the religious politics and of the communist regimes based on the local specificities and on the description of the mechanisms and of the guileful strategies through which the Romanian communists, taking advantage of the international context, with ability and agility, succeeded in winning the people’s trust, consolidating their legitimacy and, eventually, in obeying the Greek Catholic Church to their desiderates.
As a final reference, our interest is concerned on an analysis of the motivations that the Petru Groza government had in pleading for putting the accent on the historical evolution of the conflict between the Orthodox adepts and the Catholics, but we have also observed the concrete measures adopted by the Romanian communist regimes towards the Greek Catholic Church and the manner in which the representatives of the nunciature from Bucharest (Andrea Cassulo and his successor Gerald Patrick O’Hara) reacted to the rough actions of the communist government.
Actori decizionali în politica externa romaneasca – noi interpretari ale evolutiei scenei diplomatice din perioada 1877-1888/ Decision Actors in the Foreign Romanian Policy – new interpretation of the evolution of diplomatic scene in 1877/1888 period – Aura Carmen Slate
This study reflects a new interpretation over the Romanian diplomatic relations with the most important European states at the end of the 19th century. The starting point of this work consists of archive sources, official documents, originally studied both in Romanian and in French. Although the study goes back in time, it is relevant in order to explain the Romanian diplomatic culture and its behavior in foreign relations. Romanian diplomats, as well as the most important institutional actor, which was the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, struggled to achieve two different political purposes. First of all, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs aimed to develop and reform the foreign institutional political body. The context at the end of the 19th century prepared Romania to gain her new, updated status in the diplomatic world. Different stages, from Diplomatic Agencies, to real Embassies abroad, revealed the beginning of a dynamic and professional Foreign Policy. Second, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs made every effort to promote Romanian’s Independency all over the world. The characteristic feature of that time, which was explored in the study, is the political effervescence in diplomatic bilateral relations. Last but not least, the acknowledgement of the Independency in 1877 and of the Royalty in 1881 would not have been possible without such a notable and outstanding activity of Romanians diplomats. In conclusion, we notice that the reformation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the international achievements imply a remarkable evolution of Romanian’s diplomatic scene.
For a Dialectic of Representation/ Pentru o dialectica a reprezentarii – Simona Maries Gruian
This study is a comparative analysis of the notion of literary representation from three different perspectives of the so-called “sacred monsters” of literary theory – W. Iser, A. Compagnon and P. Ricoeur. The focus of these pages is not a descriptive vision of the historical evolution of the term “representation”, but a comparative exercise of receptive synthesis. One of the defining traits of the study is pointing out the origins of term usage, fact that is considered useful in discovering the way the modern paradigm maintains the antic “model”. It is obvious that in time the notion became popular in the literary theory field and it developed a real polemic, which is why the historical perspective is proper while highlighting the development of such a notion of literary theory.
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