The Intellectual Landscape of Interwar Romania: ATest Case of Complexity Analysis
The Intellectual Landscape of Interwar Romania: ATest Case of Complexity Analysis

Summary/Abstract: The study of complex systems in natural sciences has singled out the difficulties in predict - ing their evolution even when the basic laws which govern them are purely deterministic. The behavior of social, cultural, political systems, complex according to the same basic definitions, is even more difficult to predict. The dominance of emergent phenomena and the subtle nature of the interactions between sub-systems seem to make prohibitive any attempt in this sense; still, it would be extremely important to be able to offer some insights, insofar as the evolution of cultural pattern and trends in more and more integrated/globalized societies is concerned. A post factum analysis might offer the possibility to see how efficient the tools developed in one domain can be in a different one; the present article represents such an attempt in the specific context of the Romanian cultural life between the two World Wars of the last century.

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