Nation-building and contested identities

Contents ◊ FOREWORD (László Kontler) ◊ INTRODUCTION: Searching for Common Grounds: National Identity and Intercultural Research in an East-Central European Context ◊ PART 1.: MODERNITY AND NATIONAL IDENTITY: APPROACHES, DILEMMAS, LEGACIES ◊ Mónika Baár: The Intellectual Horizons of Liberal Nationalism in Hungary: The Case of Mihály Horváth (1809-1878) ◊ Kinga Koretta Sata: The Idea of the "Nation" in Transylvanism ◊ Balázs Trencsényi: The "Münchausenian Moment": Modernity, Liberalism and Nationalism in the Thought of Ştefan Zeletin Mihály Szilágyi-Gál: The Nationality of Reasoning: Autochthonist Understandings of Philosophy in Interwar Romania ◊ Răzvan Pârâianu: National Prejudices, Mass Media and History Textbooks: The Mitu Controversy ◊ PART 2.: NATION-BUILDING AND REGIONALISM IN A MULTI-ETHNIC CONTEXT ◊ Constantin Iordachi: "The California of the Romanians": The Integration of Northern Dobrogea into Romania, 1878-1913 ◊ Cristina Petrescu: Contrasting/Conflicting Identities: Bessarabians, Romanians, Moldovans ◊ Zoltán Pálfy: The Dislocated Transylvanian Hungarian Student Body and the Process of Hungarian Nation-Building after 1918 ◊ Marius Turda: Transylvania Revisited: Public Discourse and Historical Representation in Contemporary Romania ◊ PART 3.: NATIONALIZING MAJORITIES AND MINORITIES ◊ Barna Ábrahám: The Idea of Independent Romanian National Economy in Transylvania at the Turn of the 20th Century ◊ Irina Culic: Nationhood and Identity: Romanians and Hungarians in Transylvania ◊ Zoltán Kántor: Nationalizing Minorities and Homeland Politics: The Case of the Hungarians in Romania ◊ Dragoş Petrescu: Can Democracy Work in Southeastern Europe? Ethnic Nationalism vs. Democratic Consolidation in Post-Communist Romania ◊ AFTERWORD (Sorin Antohi) More Than Just Neighbors: Romania and Hungary Under Critical Scrutiny ◊ APPENDIX (Nándor Bárdi - Constantin Iordachi) ◊ Selected Bibliography: The History of Romanian-Hungarian Interethnic, Cultural and Political Relations (1990-2000) ◊ NOTES ON AUTHORS Contents ◊ FOREWORD (László Kontler) ◊ INTRODUCTION: Searching for Common Grounds: National Identity and Intercultural Research in an East-Central European Context ◊ PART 1.: MODERNITY AND NATIONAL IDENTITY: APPROACHES, DILEMMAS, LEGACIES ◊ Mónika Baár: The Intellectual Horizons of Liberal Nationalism in Hungary: The Case of Mihály Horváth (1809-1878) ◊ Kinga Koretta Sata: The Idea of the "Nation" in Transylvanism ◊ Balázs Trencsényi: The "Münchausenian Moment": Mode