Katherine Verdery is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan, and the author of Transylvanian Villagers (California, 1983).

• PREFACEACKNOWLEDGMENTSIntroduction: Ideology, Cultural Politics, IntellectualsConcepts and TermsIdeology, Legitimacy, HegemonyThe Politics of CultureIntellectualsMethodsOrganization of the BookPART ONE: FRAMEWORKS1Antecedents: National Ideology and Cultural Politics in Presocialist RomaniaSeventeenth through Nineteenth CenturiesHow Romanian Identity Was Represented:The Question of OriginsState Formation and WesternismRomanticism, Dacianism, and the "National Essence"Recapitulation1900 to World War IIDefining the Nation Between East and WestThe Social Efficacy of Debates on the NationIntellectuals Defend the Nation and Construct ThemselvesIntellectuals and the Disciplines2Modeling Socialism and Socialist Cultural PoliticsThe Dynamics of "Real Socialism"Maximization Principles and Bureaucratic AllocationWeak States and the Mode of ControlSocialism and Cultural Production3The Suppression and Reassertion of National Values in Socialist RomaniaGeneral Developments in Romanian Politics after 1947From Minion to Maverick: The Romanian Party Draws Away from SovietDominationEliminating ReformismRegime Relations with IntellectualsThe Reassertion of National Ideology in Romanian Culture and PoliticsWhy National Ideology?PART TWO: CASES4The Means of Conflict: "Elitism," "Dogmatism," and Indigenizations of MarxismForeign Imports, "Universality," and Representativeness"Elitism" and Cognizant Publics"Fascists," "Dogmatists," and "Proletcultists"Genealogical Appropriations: Eminescu as Proto-Marxist5Romanian ProtochronismClarificationsThe Birth of ProtochronismWriters and Party in Socialist Romania Protochronism and Politics The Determination of Value Press Runs, Literary Canons, and Influence Within the Writers' Union Cultural Authority, "Elitism," and Genealogical Appropriations Competing Values and the Concentration of Culture in the Apparatus Protochronism and Shortage 6Historiography in a Party Mode: Horea's Revolt and the Production of HistoryParameters of the Production of History in Socialist RomaniaThe Debate over Horea's RevoltThe EventsMeanings of the DebateThe ActorsThe "Revolution" and National IdentityThe "Uprising," Science, and EuropeThe Production of the Debate: Individual and Institutional CompetitionThe Centralization of Historiography under Political ControlHistoriography in a Party Mode7The "School" of Philosopher Constantin NoicaWho Was Constantin Noica?The Battle over Noica as a Contest for RepresentativenessThe Definition of Philosophy and the Claims of IntellectualsSalvation through Culture and the Production of UrgencyRepresentativeness and the Process of Cultural ReproductionFrom Cultural Creation to Political ActionUnifying the Field of Opposition:Philosophy, Literary Criticism, and EthicsNoicism, Power, and the Question of AudienceConclusionNational Ideology under SocialismIntellectuals, Opposition, and the Power of DiscourseNOTESBIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX

Katherine Verdery is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan, and the author of Transylvanian Villagers (California, 1983).

• PREFACEACKNOWLEDGMENTSIntroduction: Ideology, Cultural Politics, IntellectualsConcepts and TermsIdeology, Legitimacy, HegemonyThe Politics of CultureIntellectualsMethodsOrganization of the BookPART ONE: FRAMEWORKS1Antecedents: National Ideology and Cultural Politics in Presocialist RomaniaSeventeenth through Nineteenth CenturiesHow Romanian Identity Was Represented:The Question of OriginsState Formation and WesternismRomanticism, Dacianism, and the "National Essence"Recapitulation1900 to World War IIDefining the Nation Between East and WestThe Social Efficacy of Debates on the NationIntellectuals Defend the Nation and Construct ThemselvesIntellectuals and the Disciplines2Modeling Socialism and Socialist Cultural PoliticsThe Dynamics of "Real Socialism"Maximization Principles and Bureaucratic AllocationWeak States and the Mode of ControlSocialism and Cultural Production3The Suppression and Reassertion of National Values in Socialist RomaniaGeneral Developments in Romanian Politics after 1947From Minion to Maverick: The Romanian Party Draws Away from SovietDominationEliminating ReformismRegime Relations with IntellectualsThe Reassertion of National Ideology in Romanian Culture and PoliticsWhy National Ideology?PART TWO: CASES4The Means of Conflict: "Elitism," "Dogmatism," and Indigenizations of MarxismForeign Imports, "Universality," and Representativeness"Elitism" and Cognizant Publics"Fascists," "Dogmatists," and "Proletcultists"Genealogical Appropriations: Eminescu as Proto-Marxist5Romanian ProtochronismClarificationsThe Birth of ProtochronismWriters and Party in Socialist Romania Protochronism and Politics The Determination of Value Press Runs, Literary Canons, and Influence Within the Writers' Union Cultural Authority, "Elitism," and Genealogical Appropriations Competing Values and the Concentration of Culture in the Apparatus Protochronism and Shortage 6Historiography in a Party Mode: Horea's Revolt and the Production of HistoryParameters of the Production of History in Socialist RomaniaThe Debate over Horea's RevoltThe EventsMeanings of the DebateThe ActorsThe "Revolution" and National IdentityThe "Uprising," Science, and EuropeThe Production of the Debate: Individual and Institutional CompetitionThe Centralization of Historiography under Political ControlHistoriography in a Party Mode7The "School" of Philosopher Constantin NoicaWho Was Constantin Noica?The Battle over Noica as a Contest for RepresentativenessThe Definition of Philosophy and the Claims of IntellectualsSalvation through Culture and the Production of UrgencyRepresentativeness and the Process of Cultural ReproductionFrom Cultural Creation to Political ActionUnifying the Field of Opposition:Philosophy, Literary Criticism, and EthicsNoicism, Power, and the Question of AudienceConclusionNational Ideology under SocialismIntellectuals, Opposition, and the Power of DiscourseNOTESBIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX

Katherine Verdery is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan, and the author of Transylvanian Villagers (California, 1983).

• PREFACEACKNOWLEDGMENTSIntroduction: Ideology, Cultural Politics, IntellectualsConcepts and TermsIdeology, Legitimacy, HegemonyThe Politics of CultureIntellectualsMethodsOrganization of the BookPART ONE: FRAMEWORKS1Antecedents: National Ideology and Cultural Politics in Presocialist RomaniaSeventeenth through Nineteenth CenturiesHow Romanian Identity Was Represented:The Question of OriginsState Formation and WesternismRomanticism, Dacianism, and the "National Essence"Recapitulation1900 to World War IIDefining the Nation Between East and WestThe Social Efficacy of Debates on the NationIntellectuals Defend the Nation and Construct ThemselvesIntellectuals and the Disciplines2Modeling Socialism and Socialist Cultural PoliticsThe Dynamics of "Real Socialism"Maximization Principles and Bureaucratic AllocationWeak States and the Mode of ControlSocialism and Cultural Production3The Suppression and Reassertion of National Values in Socialist RomaniaGeneral Developments in Romanian Politics after 1947From Minion to Maverick: The Romanian Party Draws Away from SovietDominationEliminating ReformismRegime Relations with IntellectualsThe Reassertion of National Ideology in Romanian Culture and PoliticsWhy National Ideology?PART TWO: CASES4The Means of Conflict: "Elitism," "Dogmatism," and Indigenizations of MarxismForeign Imports, "Universality," and Representativeness"Elitism" and Cognizant Publics"Fascists," "Dogmatists," and "Proletcultists"Genealogical Appropriations: Eminescu as Proto-Marxist5Romanian ProtochronismClarificationsThe Birth of ProtochronismWriters and Party in Socialist Romania Protochronism and Politics The Determination of Value Press Runs, Literary Canons, and Influence Within the Writers' Union Cultural Authority, "Elitism," and Genealogical Appropriations Competing Values and the Concentration of Culture in the Apparatus Protochronism and Shortage 6Historiography in a Party Mode: Horea's Revolt and the Production of HistoryParameters of the Production of History in Socialist RomaniaThe Debate over Horea's RevoltThe EventsMeanings of the DebateThe ActorsThe "Revolution" and National IdentityThe "Uprising," Science, and EuropeThe Production of the Debate: Individual and Institutional CompetitionThe Centralization of Historiography under Political ControlHistoriography in a Party Mode7The "School" of Philosopher Constantin NoicaWho Was Constantin Noica?The Battle over Noica as a Contest for RepresentativenessThe Definition of Philosophy and the Claims of IntellectualsSalvation through Culture and the Production of UrgencyRepresentativeness and the Process of Cultural ReproductionFrom Cultural Creation to Political ActionUnifying the Field of Opposition:Philosophy, Literary Criticism, and EthicsNoicism, Power, and the Question of AudienceConclusionNational Ideology under SocialismIntellectuals, Opposition, and the Power of DiscourseNOTESBIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX