Humanist Redemption and Afterlife
The Frankfurt School in Communist Romania
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12673899 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alex Cistelecan (0000-0002-9878-5525, Lecturer, Faculty of Sciences and Letters, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Târgu Mureș Târgu Mureș Romania, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 56-90 |
| Publication date | 2022-05-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Historical Materialism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1465-4466 • E-ISSN: 1569-206X |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/1569206x-20221983 |
| OpenAlex | W4280637065 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
This paper discusses the reception of Frankfurt School critical theory in Communist Romania. After some opening remarks concerning the relevance of this topic, Section 2 sketches the evolving political and historical contexts that circumscribed this philosophical reception. The content and configuration of the Romanian reception of critical theory is then discussed in a double sequence: first (Section 3), by surveying and analysing the main clusters of arguments developed in these texts, which are filtered and classified into four categories: a) general considerations and strategic approach to critical theory; b) positive assessments; c) philosophical critiques; d) politico-practical critiques. Then, Section 4 attempts to delineate the divergent paths adumbrated in this field of critical reception, which it illustrates through the specific authorial trajectories of the main Romanian interpreters (Tertulian, Marga and Tismăneanu). Finally, the concluding remarks are devoted to some brief comparative and historical considerations on the meaning, value and amplitude of this critical reception
Afterlife · Communism · Critical theory · Epistemology · Field (mathematics · Humanism · Linguistics · Meaning (existential · Political science · Politics · Relevance (law · Romanian · Section (typography · Sociology · Theology · Value (mathematics · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychoanalysis, Philosophy, and Politics
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |