BOOKS - LIVIU MALIȚA (ED.), ENCICLOPEDIA IMAGINARIILOR DIN ROMÂNIA V. IMAGINAR ȘI PATRIMONIU ARTISTIC. GENERAL EDITOR: CORIN BRAGA. IAȘI, POLIROM, 2020, 469 P.
BOOKS - LIVIU MALIȚA (ED.), ENCICLOPEDIA IMAGINARIILOR DIN ROMÂNIA V. IMAGINAR ȘI PATRIMONIU ARTISTIC. GENERAL EDITOR: CORIN BRAGA. IAȘI, POLIROM, 2020, 469 P.
Author(s): Cezar PopaSubject(s): Book-Review
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Summary/Abstract: Any instance in the course of civilization will be, once picked out, both pregnant with a rich background to legitimize its being and grounded in its stead. Should a needle pierce through a map at random, the puncture point will reveal layers at once minuscule and indispensable to the whole. To borrow a paradox from Greek philosopher Zeno of Elea, the shot arrow will hover, frozen in midair, at every coordinate of its trajectory until reaching the destination. A seminal work for a society at the juncture of authenticity and dissimulation, the fifth and final volume of Enciclopedia Imaginariilor din România [The Encyclopaedia of Romanian Imaginaries] is an incursion in arguably the most essential building block for the identity of a people, in terms of individuality, personhood, interpersonal relations and belonging within the geography of a nation: the artistic imaginary.
Journal: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai - Philologia
- Issue Year: 66/2021
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 358-361
- Page Count: 4
- Language: English