History and Myth in Romanian Consciousness

THREE YEARS ON: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND ROMANIAN EDITION 1(26) The Story of a Book 1(2) Demythologizing? 3(2) Eminescu 5(1) The Interwar Years and the Communist Period 6(3) The Kosovo Syndrome 9(1) We Are a Nation, Not an Orthodox Nation 9(3) The Federalist ``Threat'' 12(2) From the ``Geto-Dacians'' to the ``Medieval Romanian Nation'' 14(2) Opinion Polls 16(3) The Textbook Scandal 19(6) What I Believe 25(2) INTRODUCTION TO THE FIRST EDITION 27(212) History, Ideology, Mythology 31(52) The First Entry into Europe 31(2) Nationalism and Modernization 33(6) A National Myth: Michael the Brave 39(3) Different Projects, Different Histories 42(4) The Glorification of the Past 46(5) From Romanticism to the Critical School 51(3) The Junimist Paradigm: Detachment from History 54(5) The Autochthonist Reaction 59(4) Impossible Objectivity 63(7) Communist Discourse: The Anti-national Phase 70(3) Communist Discourse: Recovering the Past 73(4) Communist Discourse: The Exacerbation of Nationalism 77(6) Origins 83(30) Some Principles 83(2) Roman Times 85(4) Dacians and Romans: A Difficult Synthesis 89(7) The Dacians Get Their Own Back 96(5) Class Struggle in Dacia 101(1) The Dacian Moment of Communism 102(4) The Slavs, an Oscillating Presence 106(4) The Nation: Biological Organism or Social Community? 110(3) Continuity 113(16) A Historiographical Paradox: The Area Where the Romanian People Was Formed 113(1) North and South of the Danube: A Possible Compromise? 114(5) The Consolidation of Romanity North of the Danube 119(2) The Communist Years: Ideological Imperatives and Archeological Arguments 121(3) The Romanian State during the ``Dark Millennium'' 124(1) Conclusions: Archeology, Linguistics, and Politics 125(4) Unity 129(24) Transylvanians, Wallachians, Moldavians... or Romanians? 129(3) Rivers and Mountains 132(1) Historical Unity: Ebb and Re-elaboration 133(5) Communism: The Myth of Unity at Its Zenith 138(5) In Search of the Romanian Soul 143(6) A Fluid Synthesis 149(4) The Romanians And The Others 153(36) ``He to Whom Foreigners Are Dear...'' 153(2) Defenders of the West 155(3) Seperation from the East 158(2) The French Myth 160(2) The German ``Countermyth'' 162(3) Communist Mythology 165(3) Post-revolutionary Reference Points 168(2) Three Sensitive Files: The Gypsies, the Hungarians, and the Jews 170(4) Friends and Opponents: A Historical Game 174(1) The Plot against Romania 175(2) The Imperial Temptation 177(3) Competing Rights: Nations, Borders, Minorities 180(3) The Fourth World Power 183(1) What the ``Others'' Say about the Romanians 184(5) The Ideal Prince 189(38) Heroes and Saviors 189(2) The Composition of the National Pantheon 191(4) Death to the Boyars: The File on Ioan Voda 195(4) ``Why Do You Not Come Back, Lord Tepes...?'' 199(1) The Dynastic Myth 200(5) A Second Dynasty? 205(2) Feminine Mythology: Queen Marie 207(3) Interwar Saviors 210(3) Legionary Mythology 213(1) From Balcescu to Gheorghiu-Dej 214(5) From Burebista to Ceausescu 219(8) After 1989 227(12) Rupture or Continuity? 227(3) Always United? 230(2) The Methodology of Forgetting 232(3) The Freedom to Say Anything 235(1) A Moment Which We Must Get behind Us: Mythological Blockage 236(3) Conclusion 239(2) Notes 241(18) Selected Bibliography 259(4) Glossary 263(16) Index 279