A generation "without beliefs" and the idea of experience in Romania (1927-1934) / Philip Vanhaelemeersch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vanhaelemeersch, Philip, 1971-

Series:

East European monographs ; no. 699.

East European monographs ; no. 699

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Romania--Intellectual life--20th century.

Romania.

Intellectual life.

Romania--History--1914-1944.

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 345 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : East European Monographs ; New York : distributed by Columbia University Press, 2006.

Summary:

In 1927, The young Romanian student and journalist Mircea Eliade encouraged his fellow young Romanians to look for new "experiences," setting himself as an example through his own adventures in India. Until 1934, when the idea suddenly disappeared, young Romanians were obsessed with this concept. In this fascinating study, Philip Vanhaelmeersch considers the social, cultural, and political history behind this short-lived intellectual fashion. For Romanians born between 1905 and 1911, experientialism functioned as a way to recapture their missed childhood years during the war and to compensate for the fact that they were unable to play a role in the building of the new, Greater Romania after 1919. Vanhaelmeersch looks at the idea of "experience," reconstructing its genesis to understand these individuals' desire to be perceived as a new and distinct "generation."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-345).

ISBN:

0880335971

9780880335973

OCLC:

146403871