Istoria ca sărbătoare politică. Aniversările jubiliare ale României socialiste, 1965-1989
History as a political celebration. Jubilee anniversaries of Socialist Romania, 1965-1989

Author(s): Andrei Cosmin Popa
Subject(s): Cultural history, History of ideas, Political history
Published by: Institutul National pentru Studiul Totalitarismului
Keywords: communism; propaganda, Ceaușescu regime; celebration; festivities
Summary/Abstract: "The importance of Andrei Popa's book lies not only in the fact that it analyzes Romanian historiography during the complex period of the Ceaușescu regime, but also in the fact that studies it as part of the process of controlling the historical (collective) memory of the Romanian nation, using tools of totalitarian propaganda. This book is based on the selection of the most important anniversary and commemorative moments in the history of Romanians, called even by the communist regime to be Jubilees." (Florin Abraham) ”Beyond the well-documented, meritorious empirical research, the work also has a certain theoretical dimension, of discussing some concepts used. The author captures very well the propaganda dimension of the various ideologized anniversaries and answers the questions related to the main factor that boosted the proliferation of this kind of celebrations meant to legitimize the single party and especially the communist Romanian leader, Nicolae Ceaușescu. Looking to the causes and institutions involved, Andrei Popa chose the right solution to study this subject." (Cristian Vasile)

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