Traian Rotariu, who was the “Transylvanian Sociologist” for me
Traian Rotariu, who was the “Transylvanian Sociologist” for me

Summary/Abstract: I knew Traian Rotariu rather well, I would say, even though we were far apart geographically speaking. While we did not work in the same spheres of sociology, we cooperated closely in the joint programme of coagulating the Romanian sociological community. Traian Rotariu was part of the generation that participated actively in relaunching Romanian sociology in the two critical moments of its recent history: during the 1960s-1990s and again after 1989. In the brief period of “openness” witnessed by Romania under socialism, by the end of the years 1960, Romanian sociology had been enthusiastically relaunched. At that time, almost all of us came to sociology via philosophy. Traian was the only mathematician, as far as I know, who opted to use his training in mathematics in the new profession of sociology. This option of the mathematician Traian Rotariu represented a huge gain for the Romanian sociology. He obtained a compelling doctorate in France with Raymond Boudon, with whom he found the opportunity to develop his own vision.

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