Paralele româno‐bulgare extrase din cartea lui Lucian Boia, „De ce este România altfel?”
Romanian-Bulgarian parallels taken from Lucian Boia's book, "Why is Romania different?"

Summary/Abstract: In Lucian Boia’s book De ce este România altfel? all the remarks on national specificity are made from a European and Eurocentric perspective. Western Europe and the level of development reached by Western countries is the starting point for all comparisons the book is built on. The features which are considered typical of Romanians are tested using Western‐European standards. The resulting differences lay the foundation for the author’s argumentation regarding historical asynchronicity, institutions that do not function properly, the inferiority complex, the social‐economic leaning to Communism. Almost all the characteristics considered to be typical of Romanians have their counterparts in nowadays Bulgaria. This also justifies why both countries share a similar status on their way to becoming more “European”.

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