Publication | Closed Access
National Ideology Under Socialism: Identity and Cultural Politics in Ceausescu's Romania.
337
Citations
0
References
1992
Year
CultureTransnational HistoryNationalismNational IdeologyAnthropologist Katherine VerderyCurrent TransformationPolitical CulturePolitical PluralismModernityPolitical ScienceCurrent Ethnic TensionsCultural PoliticsPolitical TransformationLanguage StudiesCultural StudiesSocial SciencesSocialism
The current transformation of many Eastern European societies is impossible to understand without comprehending the intellectual struggles surrounding nationalism in the region. Anthropologist Katherine Verdery shows how the example of Romania suggests that current ethnic tensions come not from a resurrection of pre-Communist Nationalism but from the strengthening of national ideologies under Communist Party rule.