Nicolae Iorga as everybody’s political ally in post-communist Romania

• Authors: Georgiana Țăranu

Abstracts

EN

This chapter discusses how the memory of an influential figure of modern Romania’s history like Nicolae Iorga (1871–1940), a foremost historian-politician and nationalist intellectual, became instrumental in the three decades following the end of communism by politicians. As he is considered the father of Romanian nationalism and a symbol of the nationalist struggle on the eve of WWI, Iorga’s memory in contemporary Romania allows us to examine nationalism in politics. In the research, a qualitative approach was adopted to the subject by dealing with discourses and initiatives produced by politicians as agents of memory in post-communist Romania. By looking at the various strategies of remembrance used after 1989 by these memory entrepreneurs, the research investigates the politicians who honoured Iorga, the purpose of their engagement in such politics of memory, and what this says about how post-communist politics, nationalism and memory mingled.

Keywords

EN

Nicolae Iorga; politics; instrumentalization of memory; post-communism; strategies of remembrance

PL

Nicolae Iorga; polityka; instrumentalizacja pamięci; postkomunizm; strategie pamięci

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: Historia Slavorum Occidentis
• Year: 2023
• Issue: 4(39)
• Pages: 114-139

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Georgiana Țăranu

• Ovidius University of Constanța

• https://orcid.org/0000000273665869

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/hso230407

Biblioteka Nauki

22413837