Culturalization in uniform. Articles and documents on the Social Service Law 1938-1939. Anthology by Zoltán Rostás and Dragoș Sdrobiș. Preface by Zoltán Rostás, afterword by Dragoș Sdrobiș. Paideia Publishing House, Bucharest, 2017

Maria Larionescu

doi:10.33788/sr.19.1.16

Abstract

The volume includes an anthology of studies, laws, documents, investigations, and discourses concerning “social engineering” and the young student population, aiming to clarify multiple misunderstandings and myths concerning the Social Service Law, 1938, both from the respective historical period and from recent debates. To this purpose, authors employ a triple strategy of clarifying this piece of legislation: 1) an analysis of the Euro-Atlantic and national contexts of the interbellum period that frames the social service initiatives; 2) connecting the Law to the great public debates of the XIXth century, concerning the life of peasants in the context of village modernization; 3) integrating the experiences of cultural work in villages in the broader, comprehensive vision of the Sociological School of Bucharest, specifying them as a deepening of village modernization on four dimensions: culture of work, of health, of mind and of soul.

Highlights

The volume includes an anthology of studies, laws, documents, investigations, and discourses concerning “social engineering” and the young student population, aiming to clarify multiple misunderstandings and myths concerning the Social Service Law, 1938, both from the respective historical period and from recent debates
Authors employ a triple strategy of clarifying this piece of legislation: 1) an analysis of the Euro-Atlantic and national contexts of the interbellum period that frames the social service initiatives; 2) connecting the Law to the great public debates of the XIXth century, concerning the life of peasants in the context of village modernization; 3) integrating the experiences of cultural work in villages in the broader, comprehensive vision of the Sociological School of Bucharest, specifying them as a deepening of village modernization on four dimensions: culture of work, of health, of mind and of soul
Cititorul interesat de dinamica instituției Serviciului social, îndeosebi de „munca culturală la sate ca intervenție socială modernizatoare” (Rostás, 2009, 7), oglindită de memoria echipierilor, găsește informații inedite în volumul de interviuri „Strada Latină nr

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Introduction

The volume includes an anthology of studies, laws, documents, investigations, and discourses concerning “social engineering” and the young student population, aiming to clarify multiple misunderstandings and myths concerning the Social Service Law, 1938, both from the respective historical period and from recent debates. Considerăm că aceste aprecieri ar putea fi mai productive pentru clarificarea aportului gustian dacă cititorii volumului ar fi avertizați cu privire la contribuțiile de referință ale Școlii monografice și fondatorului sau la edificarea instituției Serviciului Social, prezentate argumentat de Gusti însuși și de gustiști în grupajul de articole semnate de aceștia, cât și de evaluările esențiale susținute fundamentat de autorii antologiei în prefață și în postfață.

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