History and Myth in Romanian Consciousness

• Main Author: Lucian Boia (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Central European University Press 2001
• Subjects: Biography & True Stories; Eastern European history; Romania; national ideology; historical heroes; national identity; national problems; historiography; Romanian consciousness; myth; post-1989 Romania; national state; Romanian history
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Based on the idea that there is a considerable difference between reality and discourse, the author points out that history is constantly reconstructed, adapted and sometimes mythicized from the perspectives of the present day, present states of mind and ideologies. He closely examines historical cu...