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Book Notes Marta Petreu, An Infamous Past: E.M. Cioran and the Rise of Fascism in Romania Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 25,00 332 pp. e Th translation of Marta Petreu’s An Infamous Past: E.M. Cioran and the Rise of Fascism in Romania enhances the existing approach to the formation of ideologi- cal extremisms throughout the twentieth century, regardless of their left or right orientation. i Th s oversight of Romania’s geopolitical crisis in the Balkans calls into question the role that the interwar Romanian intelligentsia played in the elabora- tion of the doctrine of the “Iron Guard” (right extremist movement), also known as the “Legion of the Archangel Michael.” Alimented by the discussion of “Romanianism,” a term that sums up a constant quest for identity oe ft n seen as the burden of belonging to a downtrodden country, Petreu’s insightful work conjoins an ethical personal drive to account for an “in- famous” historical heritage and the epistemological imperative to contribute to the worldwide scholarship on the birth of violent ideologies in general. Furthermore, as Norman Manea notes in his foreword, the close examination of the Iron Guard’s highly problematic claim to ground its political agenda of self-sacric fi e in
The Comparatist – University of North Carolina Press
Published: May 24, 2008
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