Idolii forului este raspunsul colectiv al unui numar de specialisti in domeniile social, politic, literar si filosofic la doua intrebari fundamentale despre societatea in care traim. Prima intrebare este daca ideea de intelectual public, enciclopedic, fara o specializare data, este perimata? Cea de-a doua este daca fascinatia publica fata de ideea de intelectual "enciclopedic" amator poate amana, intr-o masura, remodernizarea estului Europei si al Romaniei?
Volumul este produsul colaborarii a 15 specialisti din domeniile social, politic, literar, jurnalistic si filozofic. Volumul reprezinta si o premiera tehnologica. El ofera coduri 2d (sau QR), care leaga textul de situl http: //idolii.com
Coauthored by 15 Romanian authors, the book critically discusses the cultural models adopted by Romanian and Eastern European public intellectuals after 1989. They scrutinize the claim of intellectual "elites" to represent a special, encyclopedic "vocation," which should be treated with deference by the rest of society because of its lack of specialization. The book also discusses the "paramodern" thinking that informs this type of intellectual discourse, which combines modern with traditional and at times anti-modern ideological themes. Special attention is dedicated to modernizing social discourse and to the need to include in social debates more voices, from all social strata and intellectual groups. Each chapter of the book has a 2d code which linkes to a web site, http: //idolii.com .
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SORIN ADAM MATEI, MONA MOMESCU, MICHAEL SHAFIR, ADRIAN GAVRILESCU, DANIEL BARBU, CAIUS DOBRESCU, MIRCEA FLONTA, GABRIEL ANDREESCU, STELU SERBAN, LUCIAN NASTASA KOVACS, MARIUS GHILEZAN, VASILE MORAR, BRUNO STEFAN, ALEXANDRU MATEI, ISTVAN ARANYOSI.
About the Author: Dr. Matei was educated at Bucharest University (BA in History and Philosophy), Tufts University (Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, MA in International Relations), and University of Southern California (Annenberg School for Communication, PhD in Communication). He is currently an Associate Professor of Communication at Purdue University, in West Lafayette, Indiana. Dr. Matei is a former BBC World Service journalist and is still actively involved with journalistic projects. He published academic articles in Journal of Communication, American Behavioral Scientist, Communication Research and Information society (http: //matei.org/papers). His columns, photographs, and essays have been published in Foreign Policy, Esquire Magazine, and the top national Romanian language newspapers. He is also the author of the Romanian language book "The Mind Boyars" (http: //matei.org/boyars), the co-editor of "Idols of the Forum" (http: //idolii.com), and the publisher of Pagini.com (pagini.com). Mona Momescu holds a B.A. and a Ph.D. in Romanian Studies from University of Bucharest, Romania. She is currently the Romanian Language Lecturer at Columbia University, New York and specializes in Romanian Identity, Romanian Language and Culture for Foreign Students. She is also an Assistant Professor of Literature at Ovidius University of Constanta, Romania. Dr. Momescu taught Intro to Literature at the University of Iowa (as a visiting professor), Romanian Language and Culture at Columbia University- Nicolae Iorga Chair of Romanian Language and Culture, between 2003 and 2007, Romanian Language at Tel Aviv University, Israel (Oct-Nov 2008); she has been a senior examiner for Romanian Literature, level A1(native) with the International Baccalaureate Organization since 2005. She contributed to the language testing and evaluation program of the Romanian Language Institute- Bucharest, with tests for levels A1-C2(European Framework). She is interested in identity in comparative approach, Oral cultures. Among her publications - Canon, Identitate, Tranzitie, [Literary Canon, Identity Transition; the Making of Romanian Modern Cultural Identity 1880-1916], University of Bucharest Press, 2007"
