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Books by Constantin Iordachi
Constantin Iordachi, Liberalism, Constitutional Nationalism, and Minorities: The Making of Romanian Citizenship, c. 1750–1918 (Leiden: Brill, 2019), 2019
This book documents the making of Romanian citizenship from 1750 to 1918 as a series of acts of n... more This book documents the making of Romanian citizenship from 1750 to 1918 as a series of acts of national self-determination by the Romanians, as well as the emancipation of subordinated gender, social, and ethno-religious groups. It focuses on the progression of a sum of transnational “questions” that were at the heart of North-Atlantic, European, and local politics during the long nineteenth century, concerning the status of peasants, women, Greeks, Jews, Roma, Armenians, Muslims, and Dobrudjans. The analysis emphasizes the fusion between nationalism and liberalism, and the emancipatory impact national-liberalism had on the transition from the Old Regime to the modern order of the nation-state. While emphasizing liberalism's many achievements, the study critically scrutinizes the liberal doctrine of legal-political “capacity” and the dark side of nationalism, marked by tendencies toward exclusion. It highlights the challenges nascent liberal democracies face in the process of consolidation and the enduring appeal of illiberalism in periods of upheaval, represented mainly by nativism. The book's innovative interdisciplinary approach to citizenship in the Ottoman and post-Ottoman Balkans and the richness of the sources employed, appeal to a diverse readership.
Liberalism, Constitutional Nationalism, and Minorities
Liberalism, Constitutional Nationalism, and Minorities
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2004
The Carl Beck Papers in Russian and East …, 2002
Edited Volume by Constantin Iordachi
Budapest, New York: CEU Press, 2013
Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Wien: Peter Land, 2013), 855pp. , 2013
The two most recent expansions to the EU, in May 2004 and January 2007, have had a significant im... more The two most recent expansions to the EU, in May 2004 and January 2007, have had a significant impact on contemporary conceptions of statehood, nation-building, and citizenship within the Union. This volume outlines the citizenship laws in each of the twelve new countries as well as in the accession states of Croatia and Turkey.
El fascismo ha sido un tema predilecto entre historiadores, politologos, sociologos, antropologos... more El fascismo ha sido un tema predilecto entre historiadores, politologos, sociologos, antropologos y criticos culturales. Desde su aparicion tras la I Guerra Mundial (1914-1918) llamo la atencion de sus contemporaneos. Su papel principal en las catastrofes de la II Guerra Mundial (1939-1945) y del Holocausto acrecento todavia mas esta tendencia tras 1945. Entonces, el fascismo fue concebido como algo totalmente opuesto y ajeno a la cultura. No obstante, desde los anos 90 del siglo XX, esto ha sido puesto en entredicho por un buen numero de especialistas: el fascismo fue un proyecto cultural que aspiraba a solucionar la crisis de la modernidad de comienzos de siglo. Prueba de ello es el presente libro, donde un buen numero de destacados especialistas internacionales y nacionales realizan aportaciones novedosas sobre la relacion entre fascismo y modernismo en la Europa de entreguerras (1918-1945). Algunos trabajos reflexionan sobre el caracter modernista o reaccionario del fascismo, mi...
East Central Europe 33 (2006) I-II
Nationalisms across the Globe, 2013
Invited to curate and introduce a critical discussion forum for Slavic Review on the theme of "Co... more Invited to curate and introduce a critical discussion forum for Slavic Review on the theme of "Collapsed Empire/New States, 1918-2018." Contribution titled "Austria-Hungary as Ancien régime du jour" and the forum includes articles solicited and edited from Natasha Wheatley (Princeton),
The Collectivization of Agriculture in Communist Eastern Europe
This volume explores bilateral relations between Romania and Hungary and examines the entangled h... more This volume explores bilateral relations between Romania and Hungary and examines the entangled history of their two peoples. Going beyond traditional nation-centred narratives, the contributors approach the shared pasts of Romanians and Hungarians within a transnational research framework.
Writing the history of Romania and Hungary within a unitary framework, rather than in isolation, allows for a more complete illustration of the complex history of the East-Central European region. This volume attempts to transcend the overlapping and often conflicting narratives of these two nations by looking for common theoretical and methodological ground on which to write the rich history of Romanian-Hungarian relations. The volume also seeks to test the relevance of the paradigm of transnational history for the study of Central Europe. The contributors employ recent theoretical and methodological tools provided by various forms of transnational research, such as the history of transfers, shared or entangled history, and histoire croisée. By offering a multi-perspective insight into the entangled histories of Romania and Hungary, this volume acts as a test case for comparative history, on a par with the better-known case of the shared past of France and Germany. It therefore contributes to the broader effort to re-think and re-narrate East-Central European regional history, and also all-European history, from an integrated transnational perspective.
Constantin Iordachi, Liberalism, Constitutional Nationalism, and Minorities: The Making of Romanian Citizenship, c. 1750–1918 (Leiden: Brill, 2019), 2019
This book documents the making of Romanian citizenship from 1750 to 1918 as a series of acts of n... more This book documents the making of Romanian citizenship from 1750 to 1918 as a series of acts of national self-determination by the Romanians, as well as the emancipation of subordinated gender, social, and ethno-religious groups. It focuses on the progression of a sum of transnational “questions” that were at the heart of North-Atlantic, European, and local politics during the long nineteenth century, concerning the status of peasants, women, Greeks, Jews, Roma, Armenians, Muslims, and Dobrudjans. The analysis emphasizes the fusion between nationalism and liberalism, and the emancipatory impact national-liberalism had on the transition from the Old Regime to the modern order of the nation-state. While emphasizing liberalism's many achievements, the study critically scrutinizes the liberal doctrine of legal-political “capacity” and the dark side of nationalism, marked by tendencies toward exclusion. It highlights the challenges nascent liberal democracies face in the process of consolidation and the enduring appeal of illiberalism in periods of upheaval, represented mainly by nativism. The book's innovative interdisciplinary approach to citizenship in the Ottoman and post-Ottoman Balkans and the richness of the sources employed, appeal to a diverse readership.
Liberalism, Constitutional Nationalism, and Minorities
Liberalism, Constitutional Nationalism, and Minorities
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2004
The Carl Beck Papers in Russian and East …, 2002
Budapest, New York: CEU Press, 2013
Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Wien: Peter Land, 2013), 855pp. , 2013
The two most recent expansions to the EU, in May 2004 and January 2007, have had a significant im... more The two most recent expansions to the EU, in May 2004 and January 2007, have had a significant impact on contemporary conceptions of statehood, nation-building, and citizenship within the Union. This volume outlines the citizenship laws in each of the twelve new countries as well as in the accession states of Croatia and Turkey.
El fascismo ha sido un tema predilecto entre historiadores, politologos, sociologos, antropologos... more El fascismo ha sido un tema predilecto entre historiadores, politologos, sociologos, antropologos y criticos culturales. Desde su aparicion tras la I Guerra Mundial (1914-1918) llamo la atencion de sus contemporaneos. Su papel principal en las catastrofes de la II Guerra Mundial (1939-1945) y del Holocausto acrecento todavia mas esta tendencia tras 1945. Entonces, el fascismo fue concebido como algo totalmente opuesto y ajeno a la cultura. No obstante, desde los anos 90 del siglo XX, esto ha sido puesto en entredicho por un buen numero de especialistas: el fascismo fue un proyecto cultural que aspiraba a solucionar la crisis de la modernidad de comienzos de siglo. Prueba de ello es el presente libro, donde un buen numero de destacados especialistas internacionales y nacionales realizan aportaciones novedosas sobre la relacion entre fascismo y modernismo en la Europa de entreguerras (1918-1945). Algunos trabajos reflexionan sobre el caracter modernista o reaccionario del fascismo, mi...
East Central Europe 33 (2006) I-II
Nationalisms across the Globe, 2013
Invited to curate and introduce a critical discussion forum for Slavic Review on the theme of "Co... more Invited to curate and introduce a critical discussion forum for Slavic Review on the theme of "Collapsed Empire/New States, 1918-2018." Contribution titled "Austria-Hungary as Ancien régime du jour" and the forum includes articles solicited and edited from Natasha Wheatley (Princeton),
The Collectivization of Agriculture in Communist Eastern Europe
This volume explores bilateral relations between Romania and Hungary and examines the entangled h... more This volume explores bilateral relations between Romania and Hungary and examines the entangled history of their two peoples. Going beyond traditional nation-centred narratives, the contributors approach the shared pasts of Romanians and Hungarians within a transnational research framework.
Writing the history of Romania and Hungary within a unitary framework, rather than in isolation, allows for a more complete illustration of the complex history of the East-Central European region. This volume attempts to transcend the overlapping and often conflicting narratives of these two nations by looking for common theoretical and methodological ground on which to write the rich history of Romanian-Hungarian relations. The volume also seeks to test the relevance of the paradigm of transnational history for the study of Central Europe. The contributors employ recent theoretical and methodological tools provided by various forms of transnational research, such as the history of transfers, shared or entangled history, and histoire croisée. By offering a multi-perspective insight into the entangled histories of Romania and Hungary, this volume acts as a test case for comparative history, on a par with the better-known case of the shared past of France and Germany. It therefore contributes to the broader effort to re-think and re-narrate East-Central European regional history, and also all-European history, from an integrated transnational perspective.
Demersul academic coordonat de Constantin Iordachi reprezintă o abordare istorică cvasi-exhaustiv... more Demersul academic coordonat de Constantin Iordachi reprezintă o abordare istorică cvasi-exhaustivă a chestiunii redobândirii cetăţeniei române, în special de către persoane din fostele teritorii ale României Mari – Basarabia şi Bucovina de Nord — în ultimii 21 de ani. Cartea, alcătuită din trei module de cercetare, demontează o serie de mituri ale acordării cetăţeniei române — în special pe acela că, prin intermediul acestui mecanism, ar intra „pe uşa din spate” a Uniunii Europene milioane de cetăţeni extracomunitari — şi alcătuieşte o imagine limpede asupra condiţiilor, legislaţiei şi procesului de acordare a cetăţeniei. Volumului compară, totodată, situaţia legislativă din România cu cea din alte state din fostul bloc comunist.
The SAGE Handbook of Political Sociology, 2018
Regional and International Relations of Central Europe, 2012
гpaждaнcтво, 2010
... the new liberal regime remained largely unconsolidated and marred by major regional and socio... more ... the new liberal regime remained largely unconsolidated and marred by major regional and socio ... regime broke with the past and redefined the nature of the state by emulating ... citizenship legislation was an essential dimension of the commu-nist political transformation and was ...
Noble Fascists? European Aristocracies and the Radical Right, 2007
The Routledge Handbook of Balkan and Southeast European History
Transit: Europäische Revue, 2013
Entangled Histories of the Balkans, 2013
Rethinking Fascism and Dictatorship in Europe, 2014
… peasants, property and …, 2009
East Central Europe, 2024
This article, and the special issue, explores aspects of the politics of history and processes of... more This article, and the special issue, explores aspects of the politics of history and processes of memory-making in post-1989 Europe, focusing on two key interrelated concepts: narratives of heroism and narratives of victimization.
The Russian Review , 2023
To explore the eras of transnational socialism and to offer a useful frame for further study, we ... more To explore the eras of transnational socialism and to offer a useful frame for further study, we propose a focus on actors, practices, and modes to trace how “socialist internationalism” actually functioned and changed over time. We note that the history of socialist internationalism started in Europe and the United States, shifted to Moscow, and eventually became a multicentered formation with nodes across Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Europe. Rather than emphasizing unilateral Soviet hegemony, we observe the emergence of organizing institutions—often under Soviet aegis—whose efforts to coordinate and control could be undercut by the dynamism of expansion, the agency of intermediaries, and the heterogeneity of socialist interpretation. We seek not to downplay coercion or violent expansion but to put them in context of other modes of socialist mediation, including conspiratorial networking; the Comintern’s political and cultural training; the proselytism of socialism as hearth of world culture; and the radical expansion of personal diplomacy in war and peace.
Terrorism and Political Violence , 2022
This article advances an interdisciplinary and multifactorial socio-cultural approach to the fasc... more This article advances an interdisciplinary and multifactorial socio-cultural approach to the fascistization of the Ustaša in interwar Yugoslavia, leading to terrorism and racial cleansing. It concentrates on the life-trajectories of Mijo Babić and Zvonimir Pospišil, two nationalist activists notoriously known as the first Ustaša terrorists. Drawing on the previously unknown political memoirs of Pospišil and Babić, the article argues that the two activists bridged several phases of cumulative radicalization in the Ustaša organization, from the adoption of political violence at the grass-root level in the 1920s to international terrorism in the 1930s and then state-sponsored genocide in the first half of the 1940s. The article points out that Ustaša underwent most forms of political radicalization to terrorism identified by McCauley and Moskalenko (2008), but it also adds to their typology a case of radicalization to mass violence in the regime phase. Ustaša’s trajectory thus illustrates a rare process of transition from the radicalization of an oppositional, non-state group to mass radicalization leading to racial genocidal policies under a fascist-totalitarian regime. It is hoped that the biographical approach to radicalization advanced by the article contributes to a better understanding of politically motivated terrorism and mass violence in post-1918 Europe.
The downfall of the communist system and the end of the Cold War, the liberalization of historica... more The downfall of the communist system and the end of the Cold War, the liberalization of historical discourses in Central and Eastern Europe, the opening up of new archival collections for scientific research, the intensification of academic exchange and interaction between local and foreign scholars, and the increasing globalization of the world have challenged scholars to experiment with new transnational approaches to the study of communist regimes, such as shared/entangled history, history of transfers, and histoire croisée. Against this background, the current thematic issue aims to evaluate the potential impact of transnational approaches on the field of communist studies, within the broader frameworks of European and world history. In this introduction, we provide a reappraisal of the history, legacy, and prospects of comparative communist studies, highlighting the potential heuristic advantages posed by the applications of new approaches to the "cross-history" of communist regimes. We argue that transnational research perspectives can fertilize communist studies, leading not only to novel insights but to the transformation of the field itself, by setting it on new foundations. By employing transnational perspectives, scholars are able to challenge the traditional understanding of communist regimes as quasi-isolated national entities, highlighting instead the long-term impact of cross-border linkages and transfers on sociopolitical developments within the Soviet camp. It is our conviction that the entangled history of communist dictatorships in Eastern Europe can function as a laboratory for experimenting with new transnational perspectives, leading to innovative interdisciplinary approaches in a joint effort of scholars from various disciplines and historiographical traditions.
Terrorism and Political Violence, 2022
This article advances an interdisciplinary and multifactorial socio-cultural approach to the fasc... more This article advances an interdisciplinary and multifactorial socio-cultural approach to the fascistization of the Ustaša in interwar Yugoslavia, leading to terrorism and racial cleansing. It concentrates on the life trajectories of Mijo Babić and Zvonimir Pospišil, two nationalist activists notoriously known as the first Ustaša terrorists. Drawing on the previously unknown political memoirs of Pospišil and Babić, the article argues that the two activists bridged several phases of cumulative radicalization in the Ustaša organization, from the adoption of political violence at the grass-root level in the 1920s to international terrorism in the 1930s and then state-sponsored genocide in the first half of the 1940s. The article points out that Ustaša underwent most forms of political radicalization to terrorism identified by McCauley and Moskalenko (2008), but it also adds to their typology a case of radicalization to mass violence in the regime phase. Ustaša’s trajectory thus illustrates a rare process of transition from the radicalization of an oppositional, non-state group to mass radicalization leading to racial genocidal policies under a fascist-totalitarian regime. It is hoped that the biographical approach to radicalization advanced by the article contributes to a better understanding of politically-motivated terrorism and mass violence in post-1918 Europe.
Fascism was a European-wide, and according to many authors, a global phenomenon. Given this trans... more Fascism was a European-wide, and according to many authors, a global phenomenon. Given this transnational character, the comparative method is indispensable to fascism studies, as it enables scholars to identify similarities and diff erences between historical cases of fascism, and to account for the common or entangled dimensions of fascism at pan-European and global levels. Most recently, comparative studies have benefi ted from new methods of research, such as the history of transfers, shared or entangled history, and histoire croisée . Th ese new approaches and angles of comparisons have provided students of fascism the opportunity to revisit their methods, units and levels of analysis, and to shift the focus of research from ideal types, variabledependent methodology and causal reasoning to multiple levels of interaction among fascist movements and regimes.
At the beginning of the third Millennium, research on the history of anti-Semitism and the Holoca... more At the beginning of the third Millennium, research on the history of anti-Semitism and the Holocaust in East-Central Europe has registered noticeable progress. Manifold reasons of political and scholarly nature have stimulated the emergence of new perspectives and avenues of investigation in this fijield. First, and most importantly, the fall of communist regimes allowed historians and the general public to ask questions about the Holocaust which were previously considered political taboos. Second, better access to historical archives in the ex-communist bloc made available crucial new sources to researchers. Third, the new approaches developed on the history of the Holocaust in the 1990s-focusing on the role played by "ordinary men" in the implementation
European Review of History Revue Europeenne D Histoire, 2001
Page 1. European Review of History—Revue européenne d'Histoire, Vol. 8, No. 2, 2001 The U... more Page 1. European Review of History—Revue européenne d'Histoire, Vol. 8, No. 2, 2001 The Unyielding Boundaries of Citizenship: The Emancipation of 'Non-Citizens' in Romania, 1866–1918 CONSTANTIN IORDACHI Department ...
Critique internationale. Revue comparative de sciences , 2014
Lecture croisée de Conflicting Loyalties in the Balkans: The Great Powers, the Ottoman Empire and... more Lecture croisée de Conflicting Loyalties in the Balkans: The Great Powers, the Ottoman Empire and Nation-Building, de Hannes Grandits, Nathalie Clayer, Robert Pichler (eds), Londres, I. B. Tauris, 2011, XIV-350 pages, et de Society, Politics and State Formation in Southeastern Europe during the 19th Century, de Tassos Anastassiadis, Nathalie Clayer (eds), Athènes, Alpha Bank Historical Archives, 2011, 403 pages.
Südosteuropa, 2017
In the beginning of April this year, the Hungarian Parliament passed two amendments to the existi... more In the beginning of April this year, the Hungarian Parliament passed two amendments to the existing educational law, which in their particular formulation targeted specifically the renowned Central European University in Budapest and sought to undermine the legal basis of its existence in Hungary. In four contributions leading academics and a PhD student of the History Department of the Central European University place the latest events in context, provide insights into the institutional set-up and the development of the History Department, and explain why this institution is special and worth fighting for.
East Central Europe, 2010
East Central Europe, 2010
East central Europe. L'Europe du centre-est
What is commonly known today as urban biography a systematic study of a city’s various facets in ... more What is commonly known today as urban biography a systematic study of a city’s various facets in a historical perspective is one of the oldest approaches to historical writing and remains one of the most popular ones among both histori- ans and the wider reading audience today. Who of us has not been excited by, and thankful to, the invaluable amount of information offered by the late nineteenth- century books on the history of particular cities, written by professional historians and amateurs alike?! The cities of East Central Europe have a history of their own and, in the nineteenth century, they even had their own “Hausmann” Alajos Hauszmann (1847–1926), a Hungarian of a Bavarian origin and a renowned professor of architecture, quoted in this journal volume with a symptomatic phrase concern- ing architectural style. It was nevertheless at the turn of the twentieth century that great debates about the origins of capitalism and the economic role of cities, epitomized in the works o...
East Central Europe, 2005
Fascism
This article aims to further problematize the relationship between patterns of demobilization, fa... more This article aims to further problematize the relationship between patterns of demobilization, fascism and veterans’ activism, on several inter-related counts. We argue that the relationship between fascism and war veterans was not a fixed nexus, but the outcome of a complex political constellation of socio-economic and political factors that necessitates a case-by-case in-depth discussion. Also, we argue that these factors were both national and transnational in nature. Finally, we contend that researchers need to employ a synchronic as well as a diachronic perspective, thus accounting for various stages and forms of mobilization of war veterans over time. To substantiate these claims, the current article focuses on a relevant but largely neglected case study: the demobilization of soldiers and war veterans’ political activism in interwar Romania. It is argued that, contrary to assumptions in historiography, demobilization in Romania was initially successful. Veterans’ mobilization...
Balkanologie
Association française d'études sur les Balkans (Afebalk)
Regio-Minorities, Politics, Society-English Edition, 2004
Central European University Press eBooks, Sep 10, 2020
BRILL eBooks, 2013
This chapter explores the process of making and remaking of collective identity projects and thei... more This chapter explores the process of making and remaking of collective identity projects and their conscious construction and re-articulation as an outcome of the complex interaction among various societal actors and interest groups. It is structured in several interrelated parts focusing on the components of the processes of Greek-Moldo/Wallachian imperial entanglements and nationalist disentanglement. The chapter explores the Ottoman Greek elite migration in Moldavia and Wallachia in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and its long-term impact on the internal organization of the two Principalities, as well as the emergence of the Romanian and Greek modern national ideologies and collective identities. Finally, it argues that the Ottoman Greek elite migration in the Principalities had a major sociopolitical impact on local affairs, leading to the emergence of a "Greek question". Keywords:Greek question; imperial entanglement; Moldavia; nationalist disentanglement; Ottoman Greek elite migration; Wallachia
... 294. 4 Zbigniew Brzezinski: Post Communist Nationalism. Foreign Affairs, Vol. 68, Nr. 5, Win-... more ... 294. 4 Zbigniew Brzezinski: Post Communist Nationalism. Foreign Affairs, Vol. 68, Nr. 5, Win-ter, 19891990. ... A recent theoretical and methodological tool for approaching regional history is provided by the paradigm of histoire croisée, whichalthough stem-ming from ...
Lexington Books, 2015
TABLE OF CONTENTS Kristof Van Assche, Constantin Iordachi, - Nature, Culture and the Biopolitics ... more TABLE OF CONTENTS Kristof Van Assche, Constantin Iordachi, - Nature, Culture and the Biopolitics of the Danube Delta I. PHYSICAL LANDSCAPE 1.Jenica Hanganu, Mihai Doroftei, Ion Sarbu, Nicolae Stefan - Physical Landscape: Distribution of the Vegetation within the Danube Delta 2.Erika Schneider - The Impact of the Hydrological Regime on the Diversity of Natural Habitats in the Danube Delta 3.Jenica Hanganu, Mihai Doroftei - The Importance of Danube Delta Reed Beds - for the Environment and for Use by Humans 4.Erika Schneider - The Danube Delta: Lessons Learned from Nature Restoration Projects II. HISTORICAL LANDSCAPE 5.Nicolae Panin, Willem Overmars - Recent Development of the Danube Delta: Evaluation of Existing Cartographic Documents 6.Stefan Constantinescu - Various Approaches to the Danube Delta: From Maps to Reality III. CULTURAL-POLITICAL LANDSCAPE 7.Petruta Teampau, Kristof Van Assche - Pirates, Fish and Tourists. The Life of Post-Communist Sulina 8.Tanya Richardson - (In)Accessible Land: The Changing Practice and Regulation of Gardening in the Reed Beds of Ukraine's Danube Delta 9.Alexander Prigarin - Fishing Traditions Among Old Believers in the Danube Delta: Survival Strategies during the 19th Century 10.Cosmina Timoce - Romanians and Lippovans in Sulina: Prismatic Identifications and Contexts for Generating Cultural Comparison 11.Natalia Serebriannikova - Traditional Medicine and its Evolution in Southern Bessarabia 12.Kristof Van Assche, Sandra Bell, Petruta Teampau - Birds, Fish and the Traumatic Nature of the Swamp: Concepts of Nature in Regards to the Romanian Danube Delta IV. POLICY-PLANNING LANDSCAPE 13.Bart Schultz - Some Aspects of Water Management and land Reclamation in the Danube Delta 14.Paul Goriup, Natasha Goriup - The Evolution of Policies and Institutions for the Conservation of the Ukrainian Danube Delta 15.Iulian Nichersu - Towards a Master plan: Support for Sustainable Development in the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve 16.Joanne Vinke-de Kruijf, Hans Bressers, Denie Augustijn - Integrated Management of the Lower Danube River: Experiences with the Application of Dutch Policy Concepts and Interactive Planning Methods 17.Kristof Van Assche, Martijn Duineveld, Raoul Beunen, Petruta Teampau - Circumscribing Locals: Transformations of Knowledge/ Power and the Governance of the Danube Delta
Critique Internationale, 2014
The views expressed in this publication cannot in any circumstances be regarded as the official p... more The views expressed in this publication cannot in any circumstances be regarded as the official position of the European Union
Palgrave Macmillan eBooks, Aug 16, 2013
R ecently, there has been renewed scholarly interest in the concept of citizenship, in an interdi... more R ecently, there has been renewed scholarly interest in the concept of citizenship, in an interdisciplinary effort of political scientists and historians, anthropologists and sociologists. 1 Challenged by socio-political developments in the post-Communist and post-Maastricht era, numerous scholars have reexamined established definitions of citizenship and their relationship with issues of identity, civil society and the foundations of democracy. However, as Bryan Turner has rightfully pointed out, the growing body of scholarly works on citizenship has concentrated overwhelmingly on theoretical aspects, so that the history of the institution of citizenship in western and Eastern Europe has still remained largely underreearched. 2 This article is designed as a first historical overview of Romanian citizenship legislation from 1866 up to the present, a subject that has received so far a limited scholarly attention. 3 It focuses on the historical roots of the institu-1 From the vast scholarly production on citizenship in the last decade, I can mention selectively the works of:
Routledge eBooks, 2010
Povijesnom proučavanju problematike fašizma bilo kao ideologije, pokreta ili režima pristupalo se... more Povijesnom proučavanju problematike fašizma bilo kao ideologije, pokreta ili režima pristupalo se na različite načine i pod utjecajem različitih metodoloških, pa i ideoloških koncepata, čija je svrha bila definiranje samog pojma te njegovo povijesno obrazloženje. Jedan od prvih koncepata, tj. metodoloških pristupa proučavanju fašizma bio je upravo komparativni pristup proučavanju onoga što je Eugene Weber daleke 1964. naslovom svoje knjige točno definirao kao varijacije fašizma (Varieties of Fascism: Doctrines of Revolution in the Twentieth Century, Van Nostrand, Princeton 1964.). Nažalost, može se reći da je u povijesnoj znanosti komparativni pristup gotovo u potpunosti zanemaren, posebice u usporedbi s drugim humanističkim znanostima, kao npr. sociologijom ili politologijom. Upravo u toj zanemarenosti, ali i kompleksnosti samog fašizma kao povijesne, sociološke, kulturne i društvene pojave, knjiga koju je uredio Iordachi predstavlja novi zamah u komparativnom pristupu te čitatelju ukazuje na varijacije postojećih pristupa u njegovu proučavanju i analizama. Constantin Iordachi trenutačno predaje na Central European University, na Odsjeku za povijest, te je ujedno i pročelnik istog Odsjeka. Također je jedan od direktora u centru za povijesne studije
East Central Europe, Mar 25, 2010
Routledge eBooks, Nov 22, 2022
Routledge eBooks, Nov 22, 2022
Routledge eBooks, Nov 22, 2022
Central European University Press eBooks, 2006
The Legion of the Archangel Michael has been generally considered an unusual “variety of fascism”... more The Legion of the Archangel Michael has been generally considered an unusual “variety of fascism” mostly because of its mysticism and religious ritualism.Building on Max Weber’s theory of charismatic legitimacy and on its numerous reformulations since it was first put forward by the leading German founder of modern sociology, this chapter aims at reinterpreting the Legion as a reactive regional movement of change based on the violent counterculture of a radical segment of the “new generation....