Romania and the Quest for European Identity: Philo-Germanism Without Germans

ISBN-13: 9781032241319 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 208 str.

Cristian Cercel

Opis

Exploring the largely positive representations of Romanian Germans predominating in post-1989 Romanian society, this book shows that the underlying reasons for German prestige are strongly connected with Romania’s endeavours to become European.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 - "Only another German can jolt us out of our eternal boycotting of history";  Chapter 2 - Between the West and the East in Europe;  Chapter 3 - Germans in Romania: A brief historical background;  Chapter 4 - The Self and the Other;  Chapter 5 - "A valuable and unmistakable contribution to the life of Romanian society";  Chapter 6 - "They who have no Germans, should buy some";  Chapter 7 - "The rich villages around Sibiu and Brasov have been invaded by the Gypsy Migration";  Chapter 8 - Conclusions

O autorze

Cristian Cercel is postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Social Movements within Ruhr University Bochum. He holds degrees from the University of Bucharest (BA), Central European University (MA) and Durham University (PhD). Before his current appointment, he held research positions and fellowships at New Europe College (Bucharest), Swansea University and the Centre for Advanced Study (Sofia). He has published in refereed academic journals such as Nationalities Papers; East European Politics and Societies and Cultures; Nationalism and Ethnic Politics; and History and Memory.