FRAMES REFLECTION FROM THE WORK AND LIFE  OF MIHAI RALEA

Gabriela IRIMESCU

Authors

Gabriela IRIMESCU PhD Associated Lecturer, Department of Sociology and Social Work, Faculty of Philosophy and Social-Political Sciences, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iaşi, Carol I 11, 700506, Iaşi, Romania

Keywords:

Man, romanism, obstruction, delay, revolution

Abstract

A brilliant man of culture, always in action, permanently seeking knowledge, Mihai Ralea placed Man in the centre of his creation. Whether his approach was academic (i.e. studies and university courses dedicated to students or lectures addressed to his fellow academy members) or simple and direct (i.e. his newspaper articles), humanism – “the interest in determining or explaining in a naïve or cultivated manner the being or nature of Man” – remained a constant element. Along with explaining man, another connecting element of the various domains approached by the Academy member Ralea in his writings seems to be the Românism and the comprehension of all downsides of the Romanian people. Considered one of the greatest essayists, Ralea brings to literary critique elements of analysis refined by the finesse of psychological observations and nuanced by the passage through the social field.

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