Istorie şi teorie în România anilor 1960-1980
History and Theory in Romania, 1960s-1980s

Summary/Abstract: Marxism in power in East Central Europe meant a significant decrease of interpretative vitality, comparing to its match in Western Europe. Suprinsingly, capitalism left enough room to all opponent ideas to be discussed unlike the repressive Soviet Marxism which did quite the opposite. Having in mind Peter Burke’s division between historians and social theorists, this essay seeks for explanations in order to understand how deep were disagreements between the two groups. Furthermore, thinking on theory of history, social theorists fulfilled a twofold task: while reflecting on Marxist socio-economic model capabilities, they legitimized the regime’s political and cognitive agenda.

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