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FOREWORD (László Kontler)
INTRODUCTION: Searching for Common Grounds: National Identity and Intercultural Research in an East-Central European Context
PART 1.: MODERNITY AND NATIONAL IDENTITY: APPROACHES, DILEMMAS, LEGACIES
Mónika Baár: The Intellectual Horizons of Liberal Nationalism in Hungary: The Case of Mihály Horváth (1809-1878)
Kinga Koretta Sata: The Idea of the "Nation" in Transylvanism
Balázs Trencsényi: The "Münchausenian Moment": Modernity, Liberalism and Nationalism in the Thought of Ştefan Zeletin Mihály Szilágyi-Gál: The Nationality of Reasoning: Autochthonist Understandings of Philosophy in Interwar Romania
Răzvan Pârâianu: National Prejudices, Mass Media and History Textbooks: The Mitu Controversy
PART 2.: NATION-BUILDING AND REGIONALISM IN A MULTI-ETHNIC CONTEXT
Constantin Iordachi: "The California of the Romanians": The Integration of Northern Dobrogea into Romania, 1878-1913
Cristina Petrescu: Contrasting/Conflicting Identities: Bessarabians, Romanians, Moldovans
Zoltán Pálfy: The Dislocated Transylvanian Hungarian Student Body and the Process of Hungarian Nation-Building after 1918
Marius Turda: Transylvania Revisited: Public Discourse and Historical Representation in Contemporary Romania
PART 3.: NATIONALIZING MAJORITIES AND MINORITIES
Barna Ábrahám: The Idea of Independent Romanian National Economy in Transylvania at the Turn of the 20th Century
Irina Culic: Nationhood and Identity: Romanians and Hungarians in Transylvania
Zoltán Kántor: Nationalizing Minorities and Homeland Politics: The Case of the Hungarians in Romania
Dragoş Petrescu: Can Democracy Work in Southeastern Europe? Ethnic Nationalism vs. Democratic Consolidation in Post-Communist Romania
AFTERWORD (Sorin Antohi) More Than Just Neighbors: Romania and Hungary Under Critical Scrutiny
APPENDIX (Nándor Bárdi - Constantin Iordachi)
Selected Bibliography: The History of Romanian-Hungarian Interethnic, Cultural and Political Relations (1990-2000)
NOTES ON AUTHORS
Review
"A most impressive and welcome collection of original, historically
informative, and theoretically compelling contributions to understanding
the nature, dynamics, and tribulations of national identities in East-Central
Europe. Focusing on issues related to nation-building, minorities and
majorities, and regional identities in Romania and Hungary, the essays
collected in this path-breaking volume should be read by all those who want
to explore the complexities of national and political memories, symbols,
and aspirations in the region. The authors, young scholars driven by the
desire to overcome stereotypes and dogmas, have succeeded wonderfully in
their ambitious and timely endeavor."
Vladimir Tismăneanu
Professor of Government and Politics, University of Maryland Editor, East European Politics and Societies
"An enriching collection of case studies on the modern and contemporary
history of Hungary and Romania. The authors - young historians and social
scientists from those countries - and their fresh, non-ideological
approaches to nation-building and national identities are a sign that the
post-communist transition is under way. The bibliography of the last decade
of Hungarian and Romanian works on relations between the two countries is
invaluable for specialists."
Irina Livezeanu
Associate Professor of History at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania