Dossierveillance, Collaboration, and Fear in Society

Cristina Plamadeala is a researcher. She writes about surveillance practices in totalitarian and neo-liberal societies. She has published works on the subject of religion, culture and politics, Romanian history, and the history of communism. A philosopher and historian of Eastern European history by training, with a background in theology, her work attempts to ask historical questions through philosophical and theological lenses. In her spare time, she writes novels and divides her time between Quebec, Canada, and France.

• Part 1: An Itinerant in the Securitate Archives1. Three Questions2. Doing Research in the Securitate Archives3. Brief Historical Overview: Romania and the Other Satellite States during the Cold WarPart 2: The Reluctant Betrayal: Collaboration During Nicolae Ceauşescu Regime (1965-89)4. Defining Psuchegraphy: Antonie Plămădeală’s Novel Trei Ceasuri în Iad5. The Four Stages of Psuchegraphic Work in Securitate Manuals 6. On Dossierveillance in Communist Romania under Ceauşescu: its tangible dimension7. On Dossierveillance in Communist Romania under Ceauşescu: its non-tangible dimension8. Post-recruitment: Between Banalization of Evil and PerpetrationPart 3: Dossierveillance Then and Now9. On Centralized Deliberate Dossierveillance10. Centralized Deliberate Dossierveillance and Lustration11. A Few More Thoughts on Dossierveillance