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Despre bucurie în Est și în Vest și alte eseuri
Nos textos que compõem este volume, ouve-se a voz de um humanista. Andrei Plesu –ao mesmo tempo esteta, filósofo, educador e homem de ação – narra ao Ocidente as agruras da vida sob o regime comunista. Mas não se engane o não se trata de mais um daqueles livros que exigem estômago forte. Com humor tipicamente romeno, o autor fala sobre a alegria de saber que “No armazém da esquina há azeitonas! E não há fila!”; conta como era surpreendente saber que, no Ocidente, “se pedires uma cerveja, trazem-te uma cerveja”; e explica que a diferença entre a alegria do Leste Europeu e a da Europa Ocidental se encontra naquilo que é tomado como natural, como pressuposto. Os temas abordados aqui não são mera curiosidade cultural; antes, revelam preocupações que assolam também a nós. Quando trata das elites, do conceito de tolerância, ou mesmo do que está em jogo nas discussões ideológicas, Ple?u revela como muitos de nossos conceitos estão obscurecidos por um vocabulário que parece familiar, mas que, em última instância, é uma espécie de obstáculo à compreensão da realidade mesma. É difícil determinar se este livro é crônica do cotidiano, ensaio de psicologia social, discussão filosófica ou sociologia do mundo contemporâneo. Que essa leitura nos seja um convite à constituição de um “homem completo” e de uma “sociedade saudável”. Um homem completo e uma sociedade saudável têm necessidade ao mesmo tempo dos benefícios da subsistência e da reflexão; de meias e de sonhos; do pão diário e de utopias. No Leste Europeu, faltam-nos, por ora, assim uns como os outros. E não podemos aceitar que o quinhão da geração atual seja o de “vivere”, ficando a filosofia para ser financiada mais tarde... [...] Os homens não ficam mais pobres se, de vez em quando, consentem em dar de comer aos Serafins... (Andrei Plesu)
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Andrei Pleșu
84 books305 followersAndrei 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.
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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February 21, 2013
Mi-au placut eseurile despre ideologii si toleranta: imi par actuale. Eseul despre diferentza dintre est si vest si captureaza simpatic si nesurprinzator pentru noi diferentzele dintre noi (de atunci) si ei (de atunci) sau noi (de acum).
July 5, 2025
Despre Bucurie in Est si Vest aka About Joy in The Est and West by Andrei Plesu, one of the greatest luminaries in the world http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/05/d...
10 out of 10
Andrei Plesu is not just the most outstanding, imposing, remarkable local intellectual, he could be placed against, close, or at the same level with any other prominent thinker on the planet, with some small, dark spots – for instance, he does not get giraffes, or crocodiles, albeit he is amusing about this and so much more
The essays in this book have been presented as lectures in The West, where he explained some of the differences and similarities between the communist world, in which he (and yours truly) had lived and the capitalist system, which we were about to adopt in 1990, after Ceausescu had been deposed and shot dead
At the end of these lines, the subject of the 1989 Revolution will return, because I need to boast about my small role in it, and send you to a link which shows the copy of Newsweek…but then, that will be explained later – our brightest mind looks at Joy as it had been in the land of Ceausescu, where everything was in limited supply.
Most often, you could not find it, but the ‘national sport’ was to get out and run, whenever something, anything was sold at the alimentara or anywhere, and wait there in the long queue, with the hope that the generally small amounts would be enough for those that were not lucky enough to be at the head…
If in The West people have taken for granted bread, our philosopher says that, while on a visit there, he would enter the bakery and ask ‘do you have bread’, used with the answer he had back home, to the astonishment of the baker, what ‘do you mean, is there bread, this is a bakery’, so the two worlds were far apart…
Under a communist regime, one has very little, freedoms, food, entertainment are limited or not available, the author knew something has changed dramatically when he heard his neighbor come and say with exhilaration ‘they have olives at the shop, and there is no queue’, a tale told with his usual humor
It was not all Days of Wine and Roses http://realini.blogspot.com/2017/08/d... for with the fall of Ceausescu, the country soon discovered the multitude of problems it would have to solve, one of them being the missing elites, a subject that is explained by Andrei Plesu
Just about that time, in The West, elites were the target of irritation, the tendency was to try and ‘level things up’- indeed, Boris Johnson had won the elections, in the meantime he has been disgraced and ejected, with exactly that slogan ‘levelling up’ – and have everybody on the same treatment
Privilege is now a dirty word, but the notion that people with skills, the know how are missing is frightening, and that was what was discovered in The East, where communism had been fighting for decades against the best, promoting instead of knowledge, the ‘agitator’, the party cadre, the sycophants
‘it was not what you know, it was whom you know’ they used to say, and nepotism is the key, look at North Korea, where you have the third scion of a dynasty however much they advertise the fairness of their system ‘all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others’, just as George Orwell has said so well http://realini.blogspot.com/2023/09/n...
The communists had decimated the elites, in all fields, and thus, after 1989, we were actually facing the restoration, without a prominent leader, an old apparatchik took power, the nomenclature, regained positions, and we still pay the price today, when the second generation of the old commies have taken power
Nevertheless, in my view, we have been extremely lucky in the president we have had for some eight years now, Klaus Werner Johannis, who is one million times better than Trump, Lula, never mind outright dictators, such as Putin, Xi, MBS and so many others…the world is facing crisis in The West and East
The Economist has a few recent articles on the crisis in the Middle East, which could lead to some cataclysmic chain reactions – America has the war in Ukraine to support -provided the House of Representatives would play the game…they have elected a fellow, Johnson, as speaker, who is a creationist, he believes the world was created in seven days, literally, and it is just a few thousand years old, everything the Bible says, he assumes, and then he is an election denier, so you could not get any worse, except perhaps for Jordan and quite a few other lunatics on this decaying right, a Republican party that would bring destruction, if it continues down this path – and there is the War in Gaza now
What if China decides to take advantage and say that with two wars, the US will not come to the rescue of Taiwan, if they decide to invade it, after all, their official policy is to take that island, never mind that the people there do not want to live in a Chinese dictatorship – they have had the chance to see the ‘benefits’ in Hong Kong – Xi had made it clear that economic development is not paramount anymore, yes, important, but they have other priorities – and taking Taiwan is such a major goal
Besides, if they lose initially in a conflict, then they can sell the notion that the gain of such a huge prize will compensate, but let me say it again, those tyrants do not care, they are provided with the best of the best, hardship does not affect them…
Now for a question, and invitation – maybe you have a good idea on how we could make more than a million dollars with this http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/02/u... – as it is, this is a unique technique, which we could promote, sell, open the Oscars show with or something and then make lots of money together, if you have the how, I have the product, I just do not know how to get the befits from it, other than the exercise per se
As for my role in the Revolution that killed Ceausescu, a smaller Mao, there it is http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/03/r...
Some favorite quotes from To The Heritage and other works
‘Fiction is infinitely preferable to real life...As long as you avoid the books of Kafka or Beckett, the everlasting plot of fiction has fewer futile experiences than the careless plot of reality...Fiction's people are fuller, deeper, cleverer, more moving than those in real life…Its actions are more intricate, illuminating, noble, profound…There are many more dramas, climaxes, romantic fulfillment, twists, turns, gratified resolutions…Unlike reality, all of this you can experience without leaving the house or even getting out of bed…What's more, books are a form of intelligent human greatness, as stories are a higher order of sense…As random life is to destiny, so stories are to great authors, who provided us with some of the highest pleasures and the most wonderful mystifications we can find…Few stories are greater than Anna Karenina, that wise epic by an often foolish author…’
‚parturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus’
“From Monty Python - The Meaning of Life...Well, it's nothing very special...Try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations.”
10 out of 10
Andrei Plesu is not just the most outstanding, imposing, remarkable local intellectual, he could be placed against, close, or at the same level with any other prominent thinker on the planet, with some small, dark spots – for instance, he does not get giraffes, or crocodiles, albeit he is amusing about this and so much more
The essays in this book have been presented as lectures in The West, where he explained some of the differences and similarities between the communist world, in which he (and yours truly) had lived and the capitalist system, which we were about to adopt in 1990, after Ceausescu had been deposed and shot dead
At the end of these lines, the subject of the 1989 Revolution will return, because I need to boast about my small role in it, and send you to a link which shows the copy of Newsweek…but then, that will be explained later – our brightest mind looks at Joy as it had been in the land of Ceausescu, where everything was in limited supply.
Most often, you could not find it, but the ‘national sport’ was to get out and run, whenever something, anything was sold at the alimentara or anywhere, and wait there in the long queue, with the hope that the generally small amounts would be enough for those that were not lucky enough to be at the head…
If in The West people have taken for granted bread, our philosopher says that, while on a visit there, he would enter the bakery and ask ‘do you have bread’, used with the answer he had back home, to the astonishment of the baker, what ‘do you mean, is there bread, this is a bakery’, so the two worlds were far apart…
Under a communist regime, one has very little, freedoms, food, entertainment are limited or not available, the author knew something has changed dramatically when he heard his neighbor come and say with exhilaration ‘they have olives at the shop, and there is no queue’, a tale told with his usual humor
It was not all Days of Wine and Roses http://realini.blogspot.com/2017/08/d... for with the fall of Ceausescu, the country soon discovered the multitude of problems it would have to solve, one of them being the missing elites, a subject that is explained by Andrei Plesu
Just about that time, in The West, elites were the target of irritation, the tendency was to try and ‘level things up’- indeed, Boris Johnson had won the elections, in the meantime he has been disgraced and ejected, with exactly that slogan ‘levelling up’ – and have everybody on the same treatment
Privilege is now a dirty word, but the notion that people with skills, the know how are missing is frightening, and that was what was discovered in The East, where communism had been fighting for decades against the best, promoting instead of knowledge, the ‘agitator’, the party cadre, the sycophants
‘it was not what you know, it was whom you know’ they used to say, and nepotism is the key, look at North Korea, where you have the third scion of a dynasty however much they advertise the fairness of their system ‘all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others’, just as George Orwell has said so well http://realini.blogspot.com/2023/09/n...
The communists had decimated the elites, in all fields, and thus, after 1989, we were actually facing the restoration, without a prominent leader, an old apparatchik took power, the nomenclature, regained positions, and we still pay the price today, when the second generation of the old commies have taken power
Nevertheless, in my view, we have been extremely lucky in the president we have had for some eight years now, Klaus Werner Johannis, who is one million times better than Trump, Lula, never mind outright dictators, such as Putin, Xi, MBS and so many others…the world is facing crisis in The West and East
The Economist has a few recent articles on the crisis in the Middle East, which could lead to some cataclysmic chain reactions – America has the war in Ukraine to support -provided the House of Representatives would play the game…they have elected a fellow, Johnson, as speaker, who is a creationist, he believes the world was created in seven days, literally, and it is just a few thousand years old, everything the Bible says, he assumes, and then he is an election denier, so you could not get any worse, except perhaps for Jordan and quite a few other lunatics on this decaying right, a Republican party that would bring destruction, if it continues down this path – and there is the War in Gaza now
What if China decides to take advantage and say that with two wars, the US will not come to the rescue of Taiwan, if they decide to invade it, after all, their official policy is to take that island, never mind that the people there do not want to live in a Chinese dictatorship – they have had the chance to see the ‘benefits’ in Hong Kong – Xi had made it clear that economic development is not paramount anymore, yes, important, but they have other priorities – and taking Taiwan is such a major goal
Besides, if they lose initially in a conflict, then they can sell the notion that the gain of such a huge prize will compensate, but let me say it again, those tyrants do not care, they are provided with the best of the best, hardship does not affect them…
Now for a question, and invitation – maybe you have a good idea on how we could make more than a million dollars with this http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/02/u... – as it is, this is a unique technique, which we could promote, sell, open the Oscars show with or something and then make lots of money together, if you have the how, I have the product, I just do not know how to get the befits from it, other than the exercise per se
As for my role in the Revolution that killed Ceausescu, a smaller Mao, there it is http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/03/r...
Some favorite quotes from To The Heritage and other works
‘Fiction is infinitely preferable to real life...As long as you avoid the books of Kafka or Beckett, the everlasting plot of fiction has fewer futile experiences than the careless plot of reality...Fiction's people are fuller, deeper, cleverer, more moving than those in real life…Its actions are more intricate, illuminating, noble, profound…There are many more dramas, climaxes, romantic fulfillment, twists, turns, gratified resolutions…Unlike reality, all of this you can experience without leaving the house or even getting out of bed…What's more, books are a form of intelligent human greatness, as stories are a higher order of sense…As random life is to destiny, so stories are to great authors, who provided us with some of the highest pleasures and the most wonderful mystifications we can find…Few stories are greater than Anna Karenina, that wise epic by an often foolish author…’
‚parturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus’
“From Monty Python - The Meaning of Life...Well, it's nothing very special...Try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations.”
March 23, 2015
Cartea cuprinde in fapt o serie de patru conferinte publice tinute de Plesu in Germania intre 2000 si 2005. Limbajul si subiectul sunt determinate de public, astfel primele doua conferinte au un subiect si un discurs mai accesibile: despre bucurie in est si in vest, respectiv despre elite in est si in vest. Celelalte doua conferinte au ca subiect toleranta si ideologiile si au un ton mai filosofic, mai teoretic, fiind ceva mai dificile dar la fel de interesante pentru orice public.
Singurul lucru personal pe care doresc sa-l impartasesc despre acest volum este ca discursurile despre bucurie si elite sunt necesare pentru o mai buna intelegere a evolutiei (sau involutiei, dupa caz) a societatii romanesti in perioada de dupa caderea comunismului; o mai buna intelegere atat din partea membriilor societatii romanesti, cat si din partea membriilor societatilor care intra in contact cu romanii.
Pentru mine, plecat din tara imediat dupa momentul conferintelor din volumului lui Plesu, respectiv in 2006, aceste texte mi-au oferit o explicatie inteligenta si analitica a ceea ce s-a intamplat gresit in societatea romaneasca de dupa 1989, posibil chiar o analiza teoretica a motivelor emigrarii mele alaturi de alte zeci de mii de romani.
Singurul lucru personal pe care doresc sa-l impartasesc despre acest volum este ca discursurile despre bucurie si elite sunt necesare pentru o mai buna intelegere a evolutiei (sau involutiei, dupa caz) a societatii romanesti in perioada de dupa caderea comunismului; o mai buna intelegere atat din partea membriilor societatii romanesti, cat si din partea membriilor societatilor care intra in contact cu romanii.
Pentru mine, plecat din tara imediat dupa momentul conferintelor din volumului lui Plesu, respectiv in 2006, aceste texte mi-au oferit o explicatie inteligenta si analitica a ceea ce s-a intamplat gresit in societatea romaneasca de dupa 1989, posibil chiar o analiza teoretica a motivelor emigrarii mele alaturi de alte zeci de mii de romani.
July 12, 2013
O foarte consistenta sursa de toleranta, insuficient luata in seama, este umorul. A privi spectacolul lumii fara indarjire, a sti sa te bucuri de farmecul pestrit al realului, a avea capacitatea de a deosebi lucrurile (putine la numar) care trebuie luate in serios de cele (foarte numeroase) care nu trebuie luate in serios si, mai ales, a nu te lua prea in serios pe tine insuti, cu opiniile tale pompoase, cu certitudinile gata facute, cu exigentele tale mai mult sau mai putin ipocrite - iata o foarte temeinica motivatie a spiritului de toleranta. (pg. 106 - eseul despre toleranta)
De departe am preferat eseul ce da si numele volumului, pentru ca aici autorul isi permite o mai mare doza de poezie, probabil si datorita subiectului mai light decat al celorlalte eseuri. Dar am observat ca in toate, in incheiere, Plesu ia un ton mai poetic si ingaduitor, si renunta la abordarea analitica, fara floricele, pe care o foloseste in rest. Banuiesc ca a ales procedeul asta pentru un mai mare efect la conferinte. Nu ma plang.
November 17, 2012
Din nou, Andrei Plesu ne incanta cu o carte scrisa cu inima deschisa spre noi, cititorii. Nu este nimic mai frumos in literatura decat atunci cand simti ca un autor are o adevarata iubire fata de lume, si incearca sa schimbe idei preconcepute si sa ajute dezvoltarea lina a mentalitatii romanesti.
Andrei Plesu trebuie privit ca un profesor pe piedestal, care totusi trece din cand in cand, calm, ce-i drept, printre randurile de banci ale elevilor lui. Scriitura lui (sau, in cazul acestei carti, conferintele) este adanca, introspectiva, foarte puternic axata pe detaliere si pe intelegere profunda a fiecarui subiect studiat. Convorbirea lui, un monolog de o inteligenta remarcabila, este energizanta, complexa, fluida, completa.
Imi plac foarte mult cartile lui. Plasticitatea limbajului lui este rara, foarte rara, in special in Romania. Sunt mandra ca avem asemenea oameni care sa revigoreze cultura romaneasca.
Andrei Plesu trebuie privit ca un profesor pe piedestal, care totusi trece din cand in cand, calm, ce-i drept, printre randurile de banci ale elevilor lui. Scriitura lui (sau, in cazul acestei carti, conferintele) este adanca, introspectiva, foarte puternic axata pe detaliere si pe intelegere profunda a fiecarui subiect studiat. Convorbirea lui, un monolog de o inteligenta remarcabila, este energizanta, complexa, fluida, completa.
Imi plac foarte mult cartile lui. Plasticitatea limbajului lui este rara, foarte rara, in special in Romania. Sunt mandra ca avem asemenea oameni care sa revigoreze cultura romaneasca.
October 6, 2020
Eseul despre toleranță și intolerabil este excelent și uimitor de actual, cu toate că a fost prezentat în cadrul unei conferințe ținute la Basel în 2003. Cumva, este și normal, pentru această figură blândă, înțeleaptă și plină de umor, regăsită în imaginea domnului Pleșu, să atingă subiecte complexe, analizate în profunzimile contextelor sociale și politice și reduse la ideile filosofice, atât de dragi autorului, în special cele despre toleranță și bucurii.
September 14, 2020
Patru texte ale unor conferințe scrise și susținute în stilul inconfundabil savuros al autorului. Veți citi despre percepția diferită a bucuriei și a elitelor în estul și vestul Europei, despre toleranță versus intolerabil, despre lipsa de umor a ideologiilor.
September 29, 2018
“că așa ne place nouă să ne râdem”
https://youtu.be/G0SFkXUhiPo
https://youtu.be/G0SFkXUhiPo
April 16, 2021
Vă mai amintiţi, poate, imagini ale revoluţiei române din decembrie 1989, aşa cum au apărut ele pe canalele de televiziune din toată lumea. Fusese, s-a spus, prima revoluţie „în direct”: un dictator fugea cu elicopterul de pe clădirea guvernului, străzile erau pline de tancuri, de soldaţi descumpăniţi şi de civili exaltaţi. Se trăgea din toate părţile. Euforia nu se putea încă deosebi de teroare, speranţa se asocia cu doliul. Ulterior, analişti de toate felurile, din România şi din afara ei, au căutat şi au găsit argumente pentru a relativiza dimensiunea revoluţionară a acelor zile. S-au numărat morţii şi s-a stabilit că n-au fost destui, s-au identificat complicate scenarii conspiraţioniste, s-a vorbit de o lovitură de stat comunistă, de o subtilă manevră sovietică, sau americană, sau sovieto-americană, sau, cum altfel, iudeo-masonică. România părea să fi reuşit o înşelătorie de proporţii: organizase ceva care semăna a revoluţie, dar care, în realitate, lăsa neatinse structurile dictaturii. Era, aşadar, marele eşec, excepţia, oaia neagră a estului european. Între timp, suspiciunile s-au mai potolit, oaia a devenit comestibilă, a fost invitată să adere la NATO şi i s-a promis marea păşune europeană. „Evenimentele” din decembrie '89 au fost reinvestite cu titlul de „revoluţie”.
December 27, 2016
Livro fantástico!
É composto por quatro ensaios:
1 - da alegria nos países do Leste europeu
2 - das elites no Leste e no Oeste
3 - sobre a crise do coiceiro de tolerância
4 - as ideologia
É difícil apontar qual o melhor, mas o primeiro e o terceiro me chamaram muita atenção. Com aquele se descobre um pouco mais sobre como é a vida sob um regime comunista. E com este tomamos consciência do jogo contraditório que podemos encontrar em qualquer discurso politicamente correto hoje em dia.
Leitura imperdível!
É composto por quatro ensaios:
1 - da alegria nos países do Leste europeu
2 - das elites no Leste e no Oeste
3 - sobre a crise do coiceiro de tolerância
4 - as ideologia
É difícil apontar qual o melhor, mas o primeiro e o terceiro me chamaram muita atenção. Com aquele se descobre um pouco mais sobre como é a vida sob um regime comunista. E com este tomamos consciência do jogo contraditório que podemos encontrar em qualquer discurso politicamente correto hoje em dia.
Leitura imperdível!
August 18, 2024
O colectie de 4 eseuri scrise in anii 2000 care inca sunt de actualitate si capabile sa dea de gandit. Ma bucur ca mai avem astfel de autori in Romania. Am scazut o stea din cauza ca a strecurat religia acolo unde nu era cazul.
August 9, 2016
DELICIOSO LIVRO do filósofo romeno Andrei Pleșu que consiste em quatro ensaios que foram apresentados pelo autor em conferências européias entre os anos de 2000 e 2005.
No primeiro ensaio, que dá nome ao livro, Pleșu dá seu testemunho sobre a dura vida na Romênia durante o jugo comunista de Ceauşescu, mostrando que prazeres simples, cotidianos e banais para os habitantes da Europa Ocidental eram momentos de imensa alegria quando ocorriam no leste europeu.
No segundo ensaio, "Das elites no Leste e no Oeste", o autor aborda o modus operandi do regime comunista para eliminar TODAS as elites, sejam culturais, sociais, acadêmicas, sindicais e até mesmo políticas. E relata as dificuldades enfrentadas pela Romênia após 1989 para levar à frente um país órfão de elites.
O terceiro ensaio, "Tolerância e o intolerável: crise de um conceito", é um primoroso estudo sobre a tolerância, suas nuances e manifestações. É realmente revelador ver como Pleșu desmascara o modo como as minorias deixam para trás o status de "toleradas", assumem uma militância voraz e por fim se tornam discriminatórias e intolerantes! Impossível não lembrar de algumas agendas políticas estridentes atuais!
No último ensaio, "As ideologias entre o ridículo e a subversão", o autor discorre sobre os riscos inerentes a todas as ideologias, sejam de cunho político ou social. Pleșu mostra como as ideologias tendem a restringir as liberdades individuais e descreve também a maneira como elas se reproduzem, se retroalimentam, se multiplicam indefinidamente.
Enfim, para um livro curto (118 páginas) e escrito em linguagem acessível, "Da alegria..." é surpreendentemente denso. Recomendo fortemente.
No primeiro ensaio, que dá nome ao livro, Pleșu dá seu testemunho sobre a dura vida na Romênia durante o jugo comunista de Ceauşescu, mostrando que prazeres simples, cotidianos e banais para os habitantes da Europa Ocidental eram momentos de imensa alegria quando ocorriam no leste europeu.
No segundo ensaio, "Das elites no Leste e no Oeste", o autor aborda o modus operandi do regime comunista para eliminar TODAS as elites, sejam culturais, sociais, acadêmicas, sindicais e até mesmo políticas. E relata as dificuldades enfrentadas pela Romênia após 1989 para levar à frente um país órfão de elites.
O terceiro ensaio, "Tolerância e o intolerável: crise de um conceito", é um primoroso estudo sobre a tolerância, suas nuances e manifestações. É realmente revelador ver como Pleșu desmascara o modo como as minorias deixam para trás o status de "toleradas", assumem uma militância voraz e por fim se tornam discriminatórias e intolerantes! Impossível não lembrar de algumas agendas políticas estridentes atuais!
No último ensaio, "As ideologias entre o ridículo e a subversão", o autor discorre sobre os riscos inerentes a todas as ideologias, sejam de cunho político ou social. Pleșu mostra como as ideologias tendem a restringir as liberdades individuais e descreve também a maneira como elas se reproduzem, se retroalimentam, se multiplicam indefinidamente.
Enfim, para um livro curto (118 páginas) e escrito em linguagem acessível, "Da alegria..." é surpreendentemente denso. Recomendo fortemente.
April 1, 2010
A short and very interesting book containing 4 small essays about differences between East and West. Especially it treats mentality differences between the people that lived in communist countries and the Western ones, that had democratic regimes. It is mostly interesting and helpful for the people that did not lived in the communist countries or did not experienced a dictatorial regime.
November 24, 2015
Prea scurt si generic. Cateva exemple inedite, cateva anecdote amuzante. Este o lectura placuta, dar departe de a-ti taia rasuflarea.
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