Lupta pentru privilegiul minciunii: Ion Popescu-Puțuri versus Miron Constantinescu
The Struggle for the Privilege of Lying: Ion Popescu-Puţuri versus Miron Constantinescu

Summary/Abstract: The appointment of Miron Constantinescu in 1970 at the leadership of the Academy of Social and Political Sciences (ASSP) meant the climax of his post-1965 career as ideologue. The establishment of a new scientific center for human resources under the aegis of the Central Committee of the Romanian Communist Party (RCP) led to the emergence of bipolarity within Romanian cultural-scientific and ideological apparatus. The role of ASSP was to scientifically replicate the ideology of the communist regime through the agency of academic publications, books, periodicals and so on. However, the Party Academy „Ştefan Gheorghiu“, another ideological institution with scientific goals, has similar objectives. Moreover, the aforementioned institutions, together with the History Institute of the RCP (ISISP), had to contribute both to Soviet type cadres formation, and the career planning of cadres. Only apparently their prerogatives seemed different. In fact, all of them competed for the good graces of Nicolae Ceauşescu, the secretary general of RCP, who guided their scientific and ideological activities.

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