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Old and New Mentalities (Interview)
Old and New Mentalities (Interview)

Author(s): Vlad Manoliu
Subject(s): Anthropology
Published by: Muzeul Ţăranului Român, Editura Martor
Keywords: postcommunism; transition; mentality; subjectivity; shift;

Summary/Abstract: Before, you shouldn’t stick out like a sore thumb when everybody else keeps a low profile. Now I see that having ideas is in great fashion and everybody is keen on being top of the heap. And if you don’t like this or that, you just go and work for another employer. You go back to square one. When you get the job, you start squabbling over money, over ideas, over your own person. But there’s a catch here, and a big one this is – you must know a good trade, not just one that is in demand, but one that you know in and out, like the back of your hand; and you must be tough, ‘cause you don’t want people coming and blowing your chances away from you! You keep your chin up, but not without good reason. And that makes you a winner.

  • Issue Year: 2005
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 175-176
  • Page Count: 2
  • Language: English