Andreea Deciu Ritivoi
Biographic Data
| ID | 619599 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andreea Deciu Ritivoi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andreea Deciu |
| FAMILY NAME | Ritivoi |
| SIGNATURE | RITIVOI A D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Carnegie Mellon University |
| ORCID | 0009-0003-3671-948X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Surviving on Soy Salami
After decades of being seen, or rather heard, through Radio Free Europe as moral and political authorities preserving Romania’s values and hopes from abroad, exiles of the Cold War had a disappointing political career in the postcommunist transitional society. The main figures hailing on behalf of historic pollical parties failed to win the election in 1990, and failed to convince the electorate that they could lead them to freedom and democracy.…
Walzer’s Lessons in Method
While tolerant of each other, theoretical and historical scholarship in rhetoric do not always worship the same disciplinary gods: abstraction and a challenging conceptual density versus precision
Reading (with) Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt’s interest in literature was part of a broader concern, which was inspired by her reading of Kant, with the role played by aesthetic representation in ethical and political judgment. Her rich repertoire of writings about literature deserves to be considered alongside the works more commonly associated with the ethical turn in literary studies. Arendt’s unique contribution, I argue here, is a heightened awareness of the assimilative …
Democracy from Vision to Voice
Owning one’s past
In this paper, I engage with the question of historical interpretation as a form of dialogue that can face an individual conscience with disturbing choices and decisions made at an earlier time, and the expectations we might have about a proper response. My paper draws on Paul Ricoeur’s philosophical ideas, as well as on a controversial part of his biography – his alleged involvement in the Petain circle in France in the early 1940s – to propose …
Intimate Strangers
Interpretation and Its Objects
Outrage
Virtuous selves in vicious times
In this paper I review some of the key elements of Alasdair MacIntyre’s conception of narrative identity. I focus on his notions of tradition and unified self, which have been interpreted by some critics as signs of a political conservatism and elitism. My argument proceeds by reviewing the critiques offered by Galen Strawson and Hilde Lindemann Nelson, both concerned with the conflict between tradition and choice. While Strawson and Nelson belie…
The Transylvanian Babel
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The Transylvanian Babel
Virtuous selves in vicious times
In this paper I review some of the key elements of Alasdair MacIntyre’s conception of narrative identity. I focus on his notions of tradition and unified self, which have been interpreted by some critics as signs of a political conservatism and elitism. My argument proceeds by reviewing the critiques offered by Galen Strawson and Hilde Lindemann Nelson, both concerned with the conflict between tradition and choice. While Strawson and Nelson belie…
Outrage
Interpretation and Its Objects
Intimate Strangers
Owning one’s past
In this paper, I engage with the question of historical interpretation as a form of dialogue that can face an individual conscience with disturbing choices and decisions made at an earlier time, and the expectations we might have about a proper response. My paper draws on Paul Ricoeur’s philosophical ideas, as well as on a controversial part of his biography – his alleged involvement in the Petain circle in France in the early 1940s – to propose …
Reading (with) Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt’s interest in literature was part of a broader concern, which was inspired by her reading of Kant, with the role played by aesthetic representation in ethical and political judgment. Her rich repertoire of writings about literature deserves to be considered alongside the works more commonly associated with the ethical turn in literary studies. Arendt’s unique contribution, I argue here, is a heightened awareness of the assimilative …
Democracy from Vision to Voice
Walzer’s Lessons in Method
While tolerant of each other, theoretical and historical scholarship in rhetoric do not always worship the same disciplinary gods: abstraction and a challenging conceptual density versus precision
Surviving on Soy Salami
After decades of being seen, or rather heard, through Radio Free Europe as moral and political authorities preserving Romania’s values and hopes from abroad, exiles of the Cold War had a disappointing political career in the postcommunist transitional society. The main figures hailing on behalf of historic pollical parties failed to win the election in 1990, and failed to convince the electorate that they could lead them to freedom and democracy.…
Political science (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works)