ACADEMIA ROMÂNĂ ANUARUL INSTITUTULUI DE CERCETĂRI SOCIO-UMANE “C.S. NICOLĂESCU-PLOPŞOR“/ “C.S. NICOLĂESCU-PLOPŞOR” INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES YEARBOOK XII/2011 1 2 ACADEMIA ROMÂNĂ ANUARUL INSTITUTULUI DE CERCETĂRI SOCIO-UMANE “C. S. NICOLĂESCU-PLOPŞOR” Craiova 2011 3 “C.S. Nicolăescu-Plopşor” Institute for Research in Social Studies and Humanities Yearbook (ISSN 1841-0898) is published yearly by the “C.S. Nicolăescu-Plopşor” Institute for Research in Social Studies and Humanities of the Romanian Academy and it is printed by Aius Publishing House, Craiova. FOUNDING EDITOR EDITORIAL BOARD Vladimir OSIAC acad. Dinu C. GIURESCU (University of Craiova ) (Romanian Academy, Bucharest) EDITOR acad. Ştefan ŞTEFĂNESCU Cezar-Gabriel AVRAM (Romanian Academy, Bucharest) (C.S.Nicolăescu-Plopşor Institute for Studies in Social acad. Alexandru VULPE Sciences and Humanities , Craiova) (Romanian Academy, Bucharest) ASSISTANT EDITOR m.c. Ion DOGARU Nicolae MIHAI (University of Craiova ) (C.S.Nicolăescu-Plopşor Institute for Studies in Social Daniel BARBU Sciences and Humanities , Craiova ) (University of Bucharest ) INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD Ioan BOLOVAN Eric ANCEAU (Center for Transylvanian Studies , Cluj-Napoca) (Université Paris IV Sorbonne la Nouvelle ) Ion MILITARU Georges BERTIN (C.S.Nicolăescu-Plopşor Institute for Studies in Social (Université d’Angers ) Sciences and Humanities , Craiova) Valeria CHIORE Mirela-Luminiţa MURGESCU (Università Federico II, Napoli ) (University of Bucharest ) William CLOWNEY (IOCC ) Toader NICOARĂ Claude-Gilbert DUBOIS (Babes-Bolyai University , Cluj-Napoca) (Université Michel de Montaigne, Bordeaux) Nicolae PANEA Jean-Noël GRANDHOMME (University of Craiova ) (Université Marc Bloch, Strasbourg) Laura JIGA-ILIESCU Encarnación JUÁREZ-ALMENDROS (Constantin Brăiloiu Institute of Ethnography and (University of Notre Dame , Notre Dame, Indiana) Folklore , Bucharest) Peter C. JUPP Andi-Emanuel MIHALACHE (University of Bath , Bath) ( A. D.Xenopol Institute of History , Iaşi) Maria Luisa LOBATO Iustina BURCI (Universidad de Burgos , Burgos) ( C.S.Nicolăescu-Plopşor Institute for Studies in Social Michel MAFFESOLI Sciences and Humanities , Craiova) (Paris V-Réné Descartes, Paris) Simona LAZĂR Marianne MESNIL ( C.S.Nicolăescu-Plopşor Institute for Studies in Social (Université Libre, Bruxelles) Sciences and Humanities , Craiova) Adam MANIKOVSKI Constantin MIHAI (Tadeusz Manteuffel Institute of History, Warsaw) ( Constantin Brancoveanu University , Rm. Vâlcea) Anatol PETRENCU Roxana RADU (State University, Chişinău) (University of Craiova ) Virgiliu BÎRLĂDEANU Oana-Andreia SÂMBRIAN (Pro Memoria Institute of Social History, Chişinău) (C.S.Nicolăescu-Plopşor Institute for Studies in Social Bruno PINCHARD Sciences and Humanities , Craiova) (Université Jean Moulin , Lyon) Andrei-Florin SORA Jacques POIRIER (University of Bucharest ) (Université de Bourgogne, Dijon) EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS Wojciech ŚLESZYNSKI Gabriela BOANGIU (Institute of History,University of Bialystok,Bialystok) (C.S.Nicolăescu-Plopşor Institute for Studies in Social Jean-Pierre SYLVESTRE Sciences and Humanities , Craiova) (Université de Bourgogne, Dijon) Georgeta GHIONEA Jean-Jacques WUNENBURGER (C.S.Nicolăescu-Plopşor Institute for Studies in Social (Université Jean Moulin , Lyon) Sciences and Humanities , Craiova) Silviu-Gabriel LOHON (C.S.Nicolăescu-Plopşor Institute for Studies in Social Sciences and Humanities , Craiova) 4 Diana PĂUNOIU (C.S.Nicolăescu-Plopşor Institute for Studies in Social Sciences and Humanities , Craiova) MANUSCRIPT PROCESSING Aius PrintEd Craiova “C.S. Nicolăescu-Plopsor” Institute for Research in Social Studies and Humanities Yearbook (ISSN 1841- 0898 print) is indexed in INDEX COPERNICUS. All rights reserved. No part of the publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior permission of the editor. 5 6 CONTENTS THE CULTURAL QUEST OF IDENTITY: PILGRIMAGE, KNOWLEDGE AND POSTMODERNISM ................................................................................. 9 Georges Bertin, Entre lâcher prise, néo-tribalisme et nomadisme, le chemin de Santiago ...................................................................................... 9 Vlad-Vasile Andreica, Surpassing Classical Theism in a Society based on Knowledge ...................................................................................... 27 Florentina Pascu, Controversial Aspects of the Cultural Identity in Postmodernism. Searching for a Multicultural Ego ...................................... 38 QUESTIONING IDENTITY LANDMARK: ARCHEOLOGY, ARHITECTURE AND METHODOLOGY.................................................... 48 Simona Lazăr, Bistreţ-Işalniţa Type Discoveries in Oltenia ......................... 48 Anca Ceauşescu, An Architectural Variety Specific to Oltenia. The cula (old boyars' house) .......................................................................... 56 Gabriela Boangiu, Social Practices and Identity Landmarks within a Community – the Research Methodology ........................................ 67 Laura Jiga-Iliescu , An Attempt for Understanding Why the Ironsmith Sometime Strikes only the Anvil and not the Iron Piece, Too. Folkloristic and Cognitive Anthropology Perspectives ......................... 73 FROM FUNERALS TO PROPAGANDA: HOW RITUALS (RE)CREATE COMMUNITIES............................................................................................... 88 Loredana Ilin-Grozoiu, The Funeral Feasts – Remembering of the Deceased Special Regard on Oltenia .................................................. 88 Diana-Mihaela Păunoiu, “Mother’s Day” in the Year 1939 – Opportunity for Celebration and Propaganda: Olt County .......................... 96 OLD AND NEW ARISTOCRATS: GENESIS OF ROMANIAN ELITES ... 105 Ileana Cioarec, Great High-officials Among the Glogoveanu Boyars ........ 105 Narcisa Mitu, Aspects from the Life and Activity of Ioan Kalinderu ………114 Andrei Sora, Du préfet au Premier secrétaire. Les avatars d’une institution française en Roumanie, XIX e-XX e siècles ......................... 128 “LE MAL D'UN SIÈCLE”: COMMUNISM AND MEMORY IN EASTERN EUROPE ......................................................................................................... 147 Anatol Petrencu, Les mythes et les symboles du bolchevisme ..................... 147 Radu Filipescu, Soviet Personalities in the Romanian Parliament Debates (1919-1937) ................................................................ 178 7 Petre Opriş, Laura Sava, The Polish Crisis and the Conference of Leaders’ Parties and States of the Warsaw Treaty Organization (Moscow, 4 – 5 December 1980)........................................... 191 Florentina Dobre, Les combats mémoriels du postcommunisme bulgare: le communisme et ses monuments ................................................. 227 HOW UNIVERSAL IS A MESSAGE? A THEOLOGICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVE............................................................... 246 Mihai-Valentin Vladimirescu, The Theological Perspective of the Exilic and Postexilic Hebrew Universalism in the Book of Prophet Isaiah ............................................................................................. 246 Ion Militaru, The Aporias of Love and Freedom: When Love Binds and History Confirms ..................................................... 258 Constantin Mihai , Les traits saillants de la philosophie de Nae Ionescu ................................................................................................. 267 DISTURBING SOCIETIES: SOCIAL EMOTIONS IN ACTION................ 278 Sarah Mezaguer , «L’hypersomnie comme symptôme sursignifiant de la dépression» ......................................................................................... 278 THE NORMATIVE FRAMEWORK OF PROSPERITY: BANKS, LABOR AND INCOMES ............................................................................................. 284 Georgeta Ghionea, Considerations regarding the Managing System of the Oltenian Popular Banks in the first half of the 20th Century ............ 284 Roxana Radu, Cezar Avram, Florin Nacu, The Regulation of Labor Relations in Federal States .......................................................................................... 294 Silvia Simionescu, Accounting of Incomes related to Cost of Production in Progress ................................................................................ 307 BOOK REVIEWS........................................................................................... 319 ANNIVERSARY ............................................................................................ 328 Vladimir Osiac-70 ....................................................................................... 328 8 THE CULTURAL QUEST OF IDENTITY: PILGRIMAGE, KNOWLEDGE AND POSTMODERNISM ENTRE LACHER PRISE, NÉO-TRIBALISME ET NOMADISME, LE CHEMIN DE SANTIAGO Georges BERTIN ∗ Abstract: Personal experience, generally difficult to communicate, the pilgrimage is both a social and cultural phenomenon. It is highly recognized even at a institutional level by the classification of certain pilgrimage routes (as Compostela) as World Heritage. It is also social, and by its mythical aspects, testify about comportments beyond contemporary sociability. The present paper aims to contribute to a better understanding of the camino experience by exploring its present meanings with special