VALOAREA RESPONSABILITĂȚII ÎN CULTURA VECHILOR SATE DEVĂLMAŞE ROMÂNEŞTI. UN STUDIU DE ISTORIE SOCIALĂ
THE VALUE OF RESPONSIBILITY IN THE CULTURE OF THE OLD ROMANIAN DEVĂLMAȘ VILLAGES. A STUDY IN SOCIAL HISTORY

Summary/Abstract: A product of human consciousness and self-knowledge, freedom, the first of the features of the individual endowed with reflexive abilities, is inseparable and always acquired morally along with responsibility. In fact, between the regulatory values of freedom and responsibility there is a relation of functional dependence: where one is missing, the other cannot be found there. These considerations are valid, of course, for the old world of the Romanian devalmaş village. A peasant of devalmaş village is free only insofar as he remains the depositary of his own responsibility. Conversely, by ignoring or alienating it, he loses his freedom and becomes serfs. Indeed, the process of “rumanizare” or “vecinizare” of the romanian peasants, their servitude in general, must be thought of as a consequence of their loss or alienation of the right of responsibility. In the following article we will try to establish the meaning of the moral value of the responsibility as it worked in the personal and social life of the old Romanian devalmas peasant. We will show on this occasion that the valuation of freedom and responsibility by the old Romanian peasants stems from their belief in free will and we will observe how the moral rule of responsibility works in the family, in the personal household and in the village community, as well as in relation to the state institution.

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