WESTERN INFLUENCE AND THE EVOLUTION OF ROMANIAN CONSERVATISM IN THE 19TH CENTURY
WESTERN INFLUENCE AND THE EVOLUTION OF ROMANIAN CONSERVATISM IN THE 19TH CENTURY

Summary/Abstract: THE GROWING INFLUENCE OF THE WEST ON THE ROMANIAN SPACE AFFECTED THE EMERGENCE AND EVOLUTION OF ROMANIAN CONSERVATISM. THUS, OUR COUNTRY CAME TO KNOW CONSERVATISM QUITE WELL, DESPITE THE MUCH LESS INTENSE ENGLISH IMPACT COMPARATIVELY TO THE FRENCH ONE. EDMUND BURKE’S REFLECTIONS ON THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE INSPIRED THE IDEOLOGICAL ARSENAL OF ROMANIAN CONSERVATISM. BURKE'S BOOK INSISTS ON THE NEGATIVE IMPACT THAT REVOLUTIONS HAVE, WITH THE DISRUPTION OF PUBLIC ORDER HAVING SERIOUS REPERCUSSIONS ON SOCIETY AS A WHOLE. OUR CONSERVATIVES HAVE MADE THE DEFENCE OF ORDER THEIR SUPREME COMMAND. HOWEVER, THE INEVITABLY POLITICAL-IST APPROACHES HAVE MADE THE OUTCOME A LITTLE DIFFERENT. IN THE SPRING OF 1907, THE PEASANT UPRISING WAS TO PUT AN END TO A CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT THAT HAD BEEN CRITICISED PRECISELY FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO MANAGE THE DISAGREEMENTS BETWEEN PEASANTS AND LANDOWNERS.

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