Romanian Post-Communism. Redefining Modernity and the Shortcomings of Communism
Romanian Post-Communism. Redefining Modernity and the Shortcomings of Communism

Summary/Abstract: The year 1989 marked in Romania the beginning of the renunciation of the communist ideology, and, as an arc over time, as more than a hundred years ago, the Romanian society is divided, this time, between the nostalgic of the communist regime and the pro-Europeans who support the path of development according to the Western European model. The processes of change after December 1989 have been permanently redefined in the last 30 years, leading at least temporarily to another type of societal organization, oscillating between capitalism and communism, between tradition and modernity, but with postmodern influences, between social democracy, conservatism and liberalism. Resolving the controversies and divergences between nostalgic and pro-Europeans related to the path that post-communist Romania must follow, requires the presence of a real public space for the manifestation of civil society. Currently, the Romanian elites do not have the capacity to produce and support a competitive social development. This is the reason why Romania imposes changes that do not have the support of the majority of society and which look like experiments whose effects are impossible to anticipate. Post-communist Romania is in a permanent societal redefinition that oscillates between capitalism and communism, between modernity and tradition. An active civil society in a real public space could be the solution for resolving the existing divergences in the actual Romanian society.

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