Note despre protocronismul românesc
Reflections on Romanian Prothocronism

Summary/Abstract: In Ceausescu’s Romania, Protochronism rised during the 1970s as one of the most powerful cultural trend, launched and disseminated by official intellectuals having the support of government. Considered a form of idiosyncratic nationalism, protochronism was responsible for increasing deterioration of cultural climate and contributed to the emergence and consolidation of Ceausescu’s personality cult. On the contrary, this essay intends to explore the Soviet Marxism origins of protochronism indicating the main elements of it as constitutive parts of ideology: anticipation, prediction, and anteriority.

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