Rediscovering the Roots of Romanian Political Culture

Communism is gone. And with it, the whole programme of "climbing on the upper stairs of history" (by political, economic and cultural transformations) failed, too. Interestingly enough, it could be asserted that, during the 1989 changes, we have all witnessed the failure of, not one type of communism, but to that of more. By this statement, I am referring to the fact that these total transformations - as the main declaratory purpose of the communist regimes - have been pursued in societies with some of the most diverse historical and cultural traditions (leading to what can be labeled as t…