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Drapeau troué, lambeaux d’État: la Roumanie, de décembre 1989 à décembre 1991
The flag with the hole for a state in ribbons: Romania, from December 1989 to December 1991
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Abstract In December 1989, the Romanian revolution rises, and its symbol emerges: the flag with the hole. But this blank conveyed two recollections: of course, the arm of coats of the communist flag, but also the blazon of the past kingdom. Yet, it was crucial to decide how to fill in the flag. And so, two v... view more
In December 1989, the Romanian revolution rises, and its symbol emerges: the flag with the hole. But this blank conveyed two recollections: of course, the arm of coats of the communist flag, but also the blazon of the past kingdom. Yet, it was crucial to decide how to fill in the flag. And so, two visions of the past are confronted, two golden ages: pre-communist or pre-Ceaușescu. Basically, political stakeholders at that time interpreted the hole in the flag as an opportunity for restoring the past, far more than as an invitation for a fresh start. In this way, these two years, from December 1989 to December 1991, were very unstable, with no clear symbolics for the Romanian State.... view less
Keywords
symbol; revolution; transition; Romania; symbolic politics; national consciousness; culture of remembrance
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Social History, Historical Social Research
Document language
French
Publication Year
2016
Page/Pages
p. 493-509
Journal
Studia Politica: Romanian Political Science Review, XVI (2016) 4
ISSN
1582-4551
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works