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LUCIAN BLAGA AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE ROMANIAN SOUL
LUCIAN BLAGA AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE ROMANIAN SOUL

Author(s): Eugeniu Nistor
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Editura Academiei Forțelor Aeriene „Henri Coandă”
Keywords: metaphysical system; cultural method; formative aspiration; polemic; modeling influence

Summary/Abstract: The general ideas of Blaga’s cultural theory are rigorously presented in his book “Horizon and Style” (1936) and then developed in a comprehensive research, extended to the entire Romanian culture, in his masterpiece “The Mioritic Space” that made him famous as a philosopher. The focus is on identifying the variables of force representing the structure of the local stylistic matrix. He approaches issues such as the Romanian’s emotional attachment to his homeland (“horizon nostalgia”), the sense of destiny, made up of everlasting climbs and descents, the category of “sophianic”, the religious vision of the descending transcendent, ornaments, love for jewels and for the picturesque and other aspects considered secondary.

  • Issue Year: 4/2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 104-110
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: English