National Identity of Romanians in Transylvania

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Central European University Press, Jul 1, 2001 - Political Science - 324 pages

This meticulously researched and elegantly written book is the most authoritative study of the emergence of modern Romanian identity in Transylvania during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Based upon a plethora of contemporary published sources, Mitu approaches national identity from a variety of perspectives - from within the Romanian community itself and their reaction to the image others had of them.


The author sheds new light on the problems of self-evaluation using a method he describes as "functional analysis" to examine a complex set of ideologies and propaganda. This approach helps the reader to understand the intricate web of contemporary Romanian nationalism.


National Identity of Romanians in Transylvania appeals to scholars of modern Romanian history, those focusing on the Habsburg Monarchy and the study of modern nationalism. The book is an important contribution to the expanding debate on nationalism and national identity from an East European perspective.

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Contents

SELFIMAGE AND IMAGES CONSTRUCTED
15
The Universal Conspiracy against the Romanians
30
A More Refined Attitude to the Images Constructed by Others
43
Copyright

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1.2:The Gazette 1.2:The Mouthpiece 1.5:Papiu Ilarian 1.9:Budai-Deleanu 1.9:Codru Drăgușanu 3:Antohi alphabet Andrei Mureşanu arguments attitude August Treboniu Laurian Avram Iancu Banat Bariț Bishop Blaj Bojincă Brașov Buda Budai-Deleanu century Chindriş Christian church civilisation cliché Cluj Codru Drăgușanu confession confessional critical Cyrillic Dacia denationalisation discourse Drăgușanu 1956 elements élites enlightened ethnic fact faith favour foreign George Barit Greek Catholic Gypsies Hungarian Hungary Iancu Ibidem idea ideological instance Ioan Maiorescu Ion Budai-Deleanu Iosif lack Latin letter manians means Mind Moise Nicoară moral motif national identity nature nian obsession Obviously opinion origins Orthodox Papiu Ilarian peasant perspective Petru Maior polemical political position published in 1.9:Bodea reality religious revolution Roma Roman Romanian culture Romanian language Romanian nation Romanian society Samuil Micu self-image self-perception Serbs shame Simion Bărnuțiu social imaginary speak specific stereotypes tendency theme theory Timotei Cipariu tion tradition Transylvanian intellectuals Transylvanian Romanians Transylvanian School Uniate Vasile Wallachia writes

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About the author (2001)

Sorin Mitu is Assistant Professor of History at the Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj, Romania.

Bibliographic information

TitleNational Identity of Romanians in Transylvania
AuthorSorin Mitu
PublisherCentral European University Press, 2001
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedJul 9, 2008
ISBN9639116955, 9789639116955
Length324 pages
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History / Europe / General
Political Science / Political Ideologies / Nationalism & Patriotism
Political Science / World / European
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