Centenarul naşterii lui I. C. Brătianu (1921). Memorie socială şi legitimare politică
The centenary of the birth of I. C. Bratianu (1921). Social memory and political legitimation

Summary/Abstract: The present study is a reconstruction of the events on the occasion of the centenary of the birth of I. C. Brătianu and is part of a wider research of the year 1921 and its role in creating a collective memory of political and cultural personalities from the 19th century. The objectives of the study aim to “build” the process of remembering the personality of the liberal leader, in a year in which three centenaries brought to public attention three important figures: Ion C. Brătianu, Vasile Alecsandri and Tudor Vladimirescu. Without entering into a competition of recollection, the three characters were part of a process that is as similar to public recognition as it is different due to the specific features of each one. Highlighting the actors who supported the collective and social memory around a character like I. C. Brătianu, of the mechanisms by which the liberal leader is relocated from the past to the present of the beginning of the 20th century are some of the objectives of the text. At the same time, the reaction of public opinion to the anniversary of the 1821 revolution and the commemoration of I. C. Brătianu is presented in a context where everything that happens in the public space has a supreme rationale, namely the offering of new models of civic conduct. The present study is intended to be one of analysis and understanding of the construction of the social memory of a character such as the former prime minister of Romania (1876-1888), remembered one hundred years after his birth alongside events such as the 100th anniversary since the revolution of 1821 and the birth of Vasile Alecsandri.

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