Aspecte ale implicării intelectualității românești în actul unirii, rezultantă istorică a Primului Război Mondial
Aspects of the Romanian Intellectuality’s Implication in the Union Act. The Historically Result of the First World War

Summary/Abstract: It must be said from the beginning that the idea of uniting all Romaninans from all Romanian – speaking prince doms, is not at all a new idea. This idea evidently appears since the firstRomanian writings with an historically character. Pro gressively, this idea begins to crystallize in the conscience of Romanians especially of the Romanian intellectuality, leading to the formation of a genuine current in culture as, for example Ardelean – region – School. Of course, we must also mention the remarkable role played by the intellectuality, and the Romanian „intelligence” in general, in the first Union of 1859, the same intellectuality who, studying in Paris during the first half of the nineteenth century, managed to partake of France’s generous ideas. Throughout these ideas, the one which held the place of honor was the idea of national conscience. However, the Union of the Princedoms is not perceived as an accomplishment. The ideal was still far away, and the „national emptiness” was fully accused, especially by the young who stud ied in the West and who, upon their return, do not hesitate to create institutional forms meant to lead to the accomplishment of the secular dream. The beginning of the twentieth century finds the Romanian soci ety in an intellectually effervescent state regarding the centuries – old ideal of the nation.

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