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Exerciţiu de sinceritate
Exercise of Honesty

Author(s): Ion Vianu
Subject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Institutul Cultural Român
Keywords: Soljenițîn; Soljenitzyn; communism; comunism; exil; exile; persecuție politică; political persecution; stalinist; stalinist; Eugen Proca; Iulian Mincu; Ion Negoițescu; Răzvan Theodorescu; Geo Bogza; Europa Liberă; Free Europe; Paris; Paul Goma; Gelu Iones

Summary/Abstract: The well-known psychiatrist who protested against the totalitarian system, revealing the medical practices meant to suppress the protesters against Ceaușescu’s regime, narrates several episodes from his struggle with the Romanian secret police. The author outlines thus the profile of an epoch of repression and its people, with their cowardice, courage and shrewdness.

  • Issue Year: 2008
  • Issue No: 67
  • Page Range: 11-20
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Romanian