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The Group for Social Dialogue (Interview)
The Group for Social Dialogue (Interview)

Author(s): Ovidiu Caraiani
Subject(s): Anthropology
Published by: Muzeul Ţăranului Român, Editura Martor
Keywords: (fall of the) communism; democracy; civil society; social dialogue; rightful state; freedom; minority; social responsibility;

Summary/Abstract: ‘The Group for Social Dialogue’ was founded in January 1990, as a group of critical reflection, organized mainly around a strong nucleus gathering together several intellectuals from Păltiniş (and around the philosopher Constantin Noica) such as Gabriel Liiceanu, Andrei Pleşu, Andrei Cornea, Radu Bercea alongside with dissidents of the communist regime such as Gabriel Andreescu, Doinea Cornea, Radu Filipescu, Stelian Tănase, Dan Petrescu. The main aim of the group was trying to lay the foundations of a civil society in Romania, society which was quasi-inexistent till 1989, during the socialist regime.

  • Issue Year: 2005
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 62-64
  • Page Count: 3
  • Language: English