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Due to the tremendous ideological stakes of the issue both before and after 1989, the impact of the October Revolution on the Romanian socialist movement was either exaggerated or minimized. If communist literature naturally emphasized the influence of the events in Russia among Romanian socialists, the anticommunist narrative limited its hold to some few radical leaders and to their immediate followers. This article goes beyond these biased perspectives by restoring the topic in its historical environment. Eventually, it tends to corroborate the communist "side of the truth": the changes undergone by the Romanian "proletarian milieu" back in the early 1920s, i.e. the radicalization of the socialist discourse, the mobility of the socialist leadership or the reorganization of the Socialist Party, confirm the significant weight of the October Revolution in the economy of Romanian socialism.

This study aims to answer the question whether Christian Orthodoxy can inspire political movements. In so doing we start from the political theories of modernity where the link between Christianity and democracy is central. Our result sounds unexpected: interaction between Orthodoxy and democracy seems to not have a perspective. It is too late for it since most political movements in post-communism do not have the religious identity of their members as criterion. The situation was not different before. As an example the effort of the orthodox theologians and laymen in Romania before the outbreak of the Second World War is quoted here. Almost without an exception all focused and restricted their interest on the question of the nation. Therein we see the principal reason for the above postulated perspective of an orthodox political doctrine until now. On the European level the situation looks also no better. Even the parties, which attribute themselves the Christian values, have at present large difficulties to convey their message. It remains only to hope that the political actors rediscover the social and actively support the Christian ethics in the public area. Only so can democracy be regarded as one of the most important binding forces also under the Christians.

In my point of view, someone cannot speak about a constant influence of the Belgian Constitution of 1831 over the Romanian political elite. Not from 1848, at least. The most well known and prized 1848 revolutionary project - the one elaborated by Mihail Kogălniceanu, has been transplanted in a very important amount (60%) from the French Constitution of 1848. Generally speaking, must be emphasized that the principles and the institutions of the Belgian Constitution haven't represented a constant and overwhelming model for the 19th century's Romanian constitutionalism. The birth of the modern Romanian constitutionalism has thus been a difficult process, almost exclusively indebted to the ideological and normative legal import. The imported model hasn't been singular, ruther someone must think about an alternation of the French and Belgian constitutional models. This is why we are speaking about therminological vagueness, normative incoherence, incompletness of the principles and institutional hesitations.

Drawing upon the first Romanian journal devoted to the broad promotion of hygiene and health education -The Sanitary and Hygiene Handbook- the article investigates the interaction between politics and medicine, politicians and doctors in modern Romania. Published uninterruptedly between 1899-1907 and considered "essential for the rural sanitary service", the journal shows the evolution and predicaments of the position of the medical profession: as public servants, the physicians were agents of the various territorial sanitary administrations; however, by virtue of their medical expertise and field experience, they were also harsh critics of local and central authorities, claiming a special status in both the design of health policies and their implementation on the ground. This dual and conflictive nature of the medical profession added to the increasing polarisation of the medical profession and of the sanitary staff as a result of the salient "proletarization" of its members in the rural areas, as opposed to the elitist character of the corporation in the capital, well represented among MPs. At the beginning of the 20th century, the debates hosted by the journal testify for the transformation of hygiene and medicine from a doctor-to-patient relation to a generally acknowledged policy sector.

In this paper, we analyze the role and functions of the socialist enterprise, a place in which the interaction between power and society is strongly emphasized. Focusing on the last decade of communist rule, we have chosen as a case study an enterprise created in the late 70's: the Călăraşi Integrated Iron and Steel Works. We were interested in how the Romanian Communist Party was organized inside the enterprise and the duties of party organizations. Recruiting new party members, mobilizing workers were only two of the party organizations tasks within enterprises. These topics were, in many occasions, the focus points of the Party organizations reports. An important part of this study was devoted to activities organized within the socialist enterprise. Socialist emulation, cultural and artistic activities, sports occupied a central place in everyday life of the industrial workers. Especially in the last decade of communist domination, any event is a cause for celebration, this phenomenon being in contrast to the austerity imposed by the regime. In communist Romania, the socialist enterprise was, above all, one of the most important places of propaganda, domination and control.

ISTORIE • HISTORY »» Paul Brusanowski ; Cronologia unirii Bucovinei cu România (II): Intervenția românească în Bucovina și unirea acesteia cu România (8-28 noiembrie 1918) • The Chronology of Bucovina's Union with Romania (II): The Romanian Intervention in Bucovina and its Union with Romania (8-28 November 1918). În: Revista Transilvania - serie nouă ; anul XLVII (CLI) ; nr. 8 ; 2019 ; p. 1-8 ; Silviu I. Purece ; Reevaluarea tezaurului cu monedă romană republicană de la Goranu (Rm. Vâlcea) • A Reevaluation of the Roman Republican Coin Hoard from Goranu (Rm. Vâlcea). În: Revista Transilvania - serie nouă ; anul XLVII (CLI) ; nr. 8 ; 2019 ; p. 9-13 ; »» STUDII LITERARE • LITERARY STUDIES »» Mădălina Agoston ; Exilul teoriei românești: modernitatea mateincălinesciană întrenațional și global • Romanian's Theory Exile: Matei Călinescu's Modernity between National and Global. În: Revista Transilvania - serie nouă ; anul XLVII (CLI) ; nr. 8 ; 2019 ; p. 14-20 ; Viorella Manolache ; Aceasta nu este o haină de piele: Michel Foucault și schema "fashion thinking". Pe marginea unui dialog cu designerul Ștefan Muscă • This is not a leather jacket: Michel Foucault in the scheme of "fashion thinking" On the edge of a dialogue with designer Ștefan Muscă. În: Revista Transilvania - serie nouă ; anul XLVII (CLI) ; nr. 8 ; 2019 ; p. 21-27 ; Raluca Stanciu (Soare) ; Object and interpretation. În: Revista Transilvania - serie nouă ; anul XLVII (CLI) ; nr. 8 ; 2019 ; p. 28-30 ; Sunhild Galter ; Der Einfluss der kulturellen Zugehörigkeit auf das Verhalten der Figuren in Eginald Schlattners Roman "Das Klavierim Nebel" • The Influence of Cultural Identity on the Behaviour of the Characters in Eginald Schlattners Novel "Das Klavierim Nebel". În: Revista Transilvania - serie nouă ; anul XLVII (CLI) ; nr. 8 ; 2019 ; p. 31-39 ; Amalia Cotoi ; Mobilitatealite rară interbelică la confluența dintre furt și progres. • Romanian inter-war literary mobility at the crossroads between theft and progress. În: Revista Transilvania - serie nouă ; anul XLVII (CLI) ; nr. 8 ; 2019 ; p. 40-45 ; »» ȘTIINȚELE LIMBII • LANGUAGE SCIENCES »» Radu Drăgulescu ; Considerații lingvistice asupra fitonimelor formate cu ajutorul termenului de origine latină "ochi". • Linguistic Considerations on Phytonymes built with the Help of the Latin Originated Term "ochi" (eye). În: Revista Transilvania - serie nouă ; anul XLVII (CLI) ; nr. 8 ; 2019 ; p. 46-55 ; Marius Opincariu ; Integrarea atributelor emoțional lingvistice în arhitecturile eLearning. • Integrating emotional linguistic attributes in eLearning designs. În: Revista Transilvania - serie nouă ; anul XLVII (CLI) ; nr. 8 ; 2019 ; p. 56-64 ; Mariana Pascaru ; Creația de lumi în limbaj. Analiza lumilor textului în poezia optzecistă. • Creation of Worlds in Language. Text worlds analysis in the poems of the '80s. În: Revista Transilvania - serie nouă ; anul XLVII (CLI) ; nr. 8 ; 2019 ; p. 65-73 ; Iulia-Maria Soare ; Câteva aspecte privind conceptul de proformă • Some aspects of the concept of proform. În: Revista Transilvania - serie nouă ; anul XLVII (CLI) ; nr. 8 ; 2019 ; p. 74-80 ; »» STUDII TEOLOGICE • THEOLOGY SCIENCES »» Radu Gârbacea ; Vita antiqua a unei sfinte travestite: Maria ; care și-a schimbat numele în Marin. Introducere și traducere. • Vita antiqua of a transvestite saint: Mary ; who changed her name to Marin. Introduction and Romanian translation. În: Revista Transilvania - serie nouă ; anul XLVII (CLI) ; nr. 8 ; 2019 ; p. 81-85 ; Daniel Buda ; The Gravediggers: Attempt to an Anthropological Approach based on Own Experiences • În: Revista Transilvania - serie nouă ; anul XLVII (CLI) ; nr. 8 ; 2019 ; p. 86-90 ; »» ȘTIINȚELE EDUCAȚIEI • EDUCATION SCIENCES »» Angela Muschitiello ; Educating for empathy in order to promote the well-being of second-generation foreign minors • În: Revista Transilvania - serie nouă ; anul XLVII (CLI) ; nr. 8 ; 2019 ; p. 91-96. ; Revista Transilvania - serie nouă ; anul XLVII (CLI) ; nr. 8 ; 2019 ; CONSILIUL ȘTIINȚIFIC: prof. univ. dr. Ștefan Afloroaei (Universitatea "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" din Iași ; România) ; prof. univ. dr. habil. Constantin Chiriac (Universitatea "Lucian Blaga" din Sibiu ; România) ; prof. univ. dr. Petr Kopecký (Universitatea din Leiden ; Germania) ; prof. univ. dr. Mihaela Miroiu (Școala Națională de Studii Politice și Administrative ; România) ; acad. pr. prof. univ. dr. Mircea Păcurariu (Academia Română) ; acad. prof. univ. dr. Ioan-Aurel Pop (Academia Română) ; conf. univ. dr. Marci Shore (Universitatea Yale ; Statele Unite ale Americii) ; prof. univ. dr. Stefan Sienerth (Universitatea "Ludwig Maximilian" din München ; Germania) ; prof. univ. dr. habil. Andrei Terian (Universitatea "Lucian Blaga" din Sibiu ; România) ; acad. prof. univ. dr. Alexandru Zub (Academia Română). REDACȚIA: Redactor-șef: Radu Vancu ; Redactori: Dragoș Varga ; Vlad Pojoga. Secretar de redacție: Ștefan Baghiu.