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The Nation as Epistemic Regime: On the Bucharest Sociological School, State Consolidation and Interethnic Relations
The Nation as Epistemic Regime: On the Bucharest Sociological School, State Consolidation and Interethnic Relations

Author(s): Ion Matei Costinescu
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Fundaţia »Societatea Civilă« (FSC)
Keywords: Bucharest Sociological School; state consolidation; nationalism; epistemic

Summary/Abstract: This article analyzes Bucharest Sociological School from the perspective of state consolidation and interethnic relations. It outlines the constitution of a nationalist epistemic regime linking the Romanian people to territory across a multilayered field of discourse and national boundaries. As case studies, I highlight the monographic action, The Encyclopedia of Ro-mania, and the concurrent development of Hungarian rural sociology. These framed an oscillating policy of inclusion/exclusion towards ethnic minorities.

  • Issue Year: XXI/2013
  • Issue No: 175
  • Page Range: 70-77
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English
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