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Romania´s diverse and often contradicting transformation within Europe is a common but still relevant topic discussed in the academic field. Although scientific research on Romania and Europe has become more accurate, the public view upon the same topic remains biased. What does Europe mean and how has the image of Europe changed over time? To what extent and in which areas has Romania become Europeanized and which opposing tendencies can be observed in society? The historian Lucian Boia deals with these questions in his recently published essay „Românii și Europa. O istorie surprinzătoare“. The publication of this book shows that „Europeanization“, as an increasing field in the academic investigation, goes, once again, beyond the mainstream political science debate about Europe and the European Union. Apparently, „Europeanization” is a concomitant phenomenon and an accompanying term to „integration“, which was extensively examined and publicly discussed in the context of Romania´s accession process to the EU.
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The review presents the book Biomimicry : Innovation Inspired by Nature, written by the American author Janine Benyus, and first published in New York, in 1997. The volume has 8 chapters in which the author pleads in favour of echoing nature in all aspects of human life: nourishment, production of consumer goods and energy, health, storing of knowledge and business management.
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The third volume of „Encyclopedia of decorative plants” comprises majority decorative plants that are grown in glasshouse, balconies, apartments and terrace for their aesthetical and decorativ value. A total of 940 species described în 720 pages. Each species includes: the systematic classification, the scientific and popularly name, origin, description of species, breeding, ecology, its use and the photos in color which maker it easier identifying them.
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The review presents the volume Reflecţii sumare (Brief Thoughts) signed by Gleb Drăgan, a distinguished member of the Romanian Academy and published by the Romanian Academy’s Publishing House, Bucharest, 2012. The volume contains 38 essays on various topics (ranging from energetics and technological progress to scientific terminology, education and research or philosophy of science), 4 sections dedicated to the life and work of outstanding Romanian engineers, an interview on the occasion of the author’s 90th anniversary and a collection of sketches.
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The review presents the volume „Gânduri” (Thoughts) authored by Gleb Drăgan, a distinguished member of the Romanian Academy, and published by AGIR Publishing House, Bucharest, 2012. The volume consists of 52 chapters dedicated to reflections on books read and/ or translated by the author during his lifetime, or recordings of historical facts he has directly experienced.
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The review presents the volume „Terminologie cognitivă. Volum antologic” (Cognitive Terminology. An Anthology) written by Gleb Drăgan, member of the Romanian Academy and published by AGIR Publishing House in Bucharest in 2012. The volume has 19 chapters on theoretical and applied topics related to terminology, as well as an Appendix which lists the 44 explanatory dictionaries coordinated by engineer Gleb Drăgan.
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Istorie bisericească pre scurt (A Brief Church History) was translated from Greek into Romanian in 1845 by the author himself, Alecsandru Geanoglu – Lesviodax. The book is unexpectedly modern and useful to contemporary readers, bombarded with numerous books on Christian religion. It is accompanied by an equally useful „Introductory study” signed by Mihail M. Andreescu (who tackles the issue of the little known history of the Geanoglu family, including the author), an “Index of names and places” (drawn up by Valentin Marin) and „Lists of Bishops and Monasteries” (drawn up by Laurenţiu Andreescu). Alecsandru Geanoglu-Lesviodax (1793 – 1864) was born in Bucharest in a family of Greek descent. He was the brother of Archbishop Neofit (1787 – 1850) and an in-law of N. Bălcescu. He studied at the St. Sava College in Bucharest and then attended law school in Russia. Upon returning to his home country, he worked for nearly 8 years for the Bucharest Courthouse (1834 – 1841), being a cup-bearer and a judge. As a writer and translator (1834 – 1857), he worked on 12 books, out of which 9 were translations of other books, while 3 were original writings. Judging by the genre, content and source of inspiration (courthouse events), the latter anticipate the writings of Theodor D. Speranția (1856 – 1929). The volume Istorie bisericească pre scurt (A Brief Church History) represents an abridged version of the three volumes of Istorie bisericească (Church History) written by Meletius, the Archbishop of Athens, which covers the beginnings of the church up to 1695. The book had a remarkable circulation of over 3000 copies sold. Alecsandru Geanoglu – Lesviodax’s contribution is outstanding as he makes analyses based on information which were not recorded by his contemporaries, he issues value judgements and expresses personal opinions on the past religious events which he presents in chronological order. A noticeable feature of the book is the clear style, the language accessible to all Romanian speakers of the time.
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The review presents the volume „Mari personalităţi ale ASE – Virgil Madgearu” (Great Personalities of ASE – Virgil Madgearu) edited by professors Ion Gh. Roşca and Ovidiu Nicolescu and published by the ASE Publishing House, Bucharest, in 2011. The book contains 8 articles written by scholars from various Romanian universities (from Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Galaţi, Sibiu and Timişoara) on the life and work of the first Romanian professor of management sciences, Virgil Madgearu (1887–1940).
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A growing number of Western studies have tried in the last decades to critically reflect upon the social, political and cultural factors behind the rapid expansion of self-help industry, a highly lucrative business with an eclectic offer which ranges from exotic spiritual world-views to more down-to-earth and psychologically informed narratives addressing personal development. According to many of these studies, societal changes brought by neoliberal policies favouring market forces against state regulations or collective interferences can be related with the explosion of a self-help industry often promising to deliver the tools that would allow individuals to adapt to the pressures of a highly competitive environment. Although post-communist Romania is no exception going through the same process of a booming self-help industry and harsh neoliberal policies, very few studies have tried to address this phenomenon. The present book is the first systematic attempt to focus on the Romanian context through the critical lenses provided by this (relatively) new and rapidly expanding field of research.
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Red Globalization depicts the economic globalization of the Soviet Union. The primary merit of the book, I argue, lies in emphasis and counteraction of numerous misconceptions regarding economic policies of Eastern European socialist countries that followed the USSR’s model. Presented in a temporal manner, the sequence of events is globally embedded at every turn, a timely and necessary act of historical contextualization that ultimately demonstrates international economic dependencies.
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