TY - GEN AU - Lucian Boia TI - History and Myth in Romanian Consciousness SN - 9789639116979 PY - 2001/// PB - Central European University Press KW - Eastern European history KW - Romania KW - national ideology KW - historical heroes KW - national identity KW - national problems KW - historiography KW - Romanian consciousness KW - myth KW - post-1989 Romania KW - national state KW - Romanian history N1 - Open Access N2 - Based on the idea that there is a considerable difference between reality and discourse, the author points out that history is constantly reconstructed, adapted and sometimes mythicized from the perspectives of the present day, present states of mind and ideologies. He closely examines historical culture and conscience in nineteenth and twentieth century Romania, particularly concentrating on the impact of the national ideology on history. Boia's innovative analysis identifies several key myt UR - http://books.openedition.org/ceup/912 UR - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/49463 ER -