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    STUDIA HISTORIA - Issue no. 2 / 2011  
         
  Article:   DEFINING THE NATION: HISTORY, IDENTITY, AND COMMUNISM IN ROMANIA (1964-1966).

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  Abstract:  This article analyses the development of the policy of sovereignty of the Communist Party and the position of the Romanian state in the former Soviet bloc and also the national identity and traditions in political and historical discourses. On this respect, during mid60’s was consolidated Nation as a symbol of regime identity. In this way, political discourse joined epistemic practices. Topoi of emancipation, originality, pride and sovereignty generated a particular affirmation of Romanian communism, fact that involved integration of ideology, science and culture into national Stalinism. The Party became the historical agent that had to put to light national sovereignty, Romanians fought for during their existence. The process of emancipation from Moscow, which began in 1958, determined a renewal of the Party and its historical mission: the ethos of the communist revolution has turned into a national destiny.

Keywords: 1960’s, emancipation from Moscow, national-Stalinist synthesis, Stalinist palingenesis, historical front, fighting community 		 
         
     
         
         
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