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How the state shaped the nation: an essay on the making of the Romanian nation
How the state shaped the nation: an essay on the making of the Romanian nation

Author(s): Călin Goina
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: MTA Társadalomtudományi Kutatóközpont Kisebbsegkutató Intézet
Keywords: Romania; history; state; nation

Summary/Abstract: It is the claim of the present article that the birth and the spread of the idea of a Romanian nation, as a frame of perception and classification of reality, can be perceived as the resultant of various state policies and state organizations. The author surveyed the history of the various state-forms on the territory of present-day Romania, focusing on the instances and inflection points in which these forms produced, reinforced and catalyzed the spread of an ethnic and cultural frame of perception which melted Moldavians, Wallachians, Transylvanians into Romanians, and legitimized the modern nation state.

  • Issue Year: VIII/2005
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 154-169
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: English