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Obscenitatea publică
2004
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Titlul ales pentru această culegere exprimă convingerea autorului că împestrițarea de azi a realităților autohtone are o iritantă dimensiune obscenă, adică o strânsă afinitate cu psihologia nerușinării: nerușinare în politică, nerușinare în publicistică, nerușinare în moravuri, în comportamentul public, în discurs, în modul de a (nu) gândi. Nu e vorba de pornografie propriu-zisă, care, în anumite condiții, poate fi de o paradoxală candoare. E vorba de o nonșalanță fără criterii, de exhibiționism agresiv, de o suspensie generalizată a valorilor și a bunei-cuviințe. E vorba de disoluția sfielii, a scrupulelor, a oricărei cenzuri interioare. Rezultatul e un peisaj în același timp hilar și dramatic. În ansamblu, cartea de față nu poate evita, de aceea, să fie, o carte tristă, caragialmente tristă, ca și realitatea pe care o adnotează.

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Andrei Plesu
Andrei Plesu
Author · 14 books

Andrei Gabriel Pleșu is a Romanian philosopher, essayist, journalist, literary and art critic. He has been intermittently involved in politics assuming the roles of Minister of Culture (1989-91), Minister of Foreign Affairs (1997-99) and presidential counsellor for external affairs (2004-05). He studied art history at the University of Bucharest and graduated with his bachelor's in 1971. Between 1971 and 1989 he had various jobs like researcher at the Institute of Art History, an institution of Romanian Academy, faculty lecturer in University of Bucharest and consultant for Romanian Artists Union. After the Romanian Revolution of 1989 that overturned the Communist regime, he was one of the founders of "New Europe College" an institute of advanced studies, and of the cultural magazine "Dilema" (now "Dilema Veche"). He worked as a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bucharest and is now a professor at the University of Bucharest, where he teaches art history and philosophy of religion. He also became involved in politics, serving in various official functions. Pleşu's early works revolved around art history and theory, but, in time, his essays, published in cultural magazines and elsewhere, became oriented towards cultural anthropology and philosophy. His exuberant writing style gained him recognition as one of the leading Romanian essayists of his age. Source: Wikipedia.

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