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REFLECŢII DESPRE FORMAREA<br />

„OMULUI NOU” – TEMA SACRIFICIULUI<br />

Ionuţ ISAC<br />

Reflections on the Making of ‚New’ Mankind – The Sacrifice<br />

Abstract. The social life in post-communist societies often reveals<br />

strong reminiscences of the past. Thus, when un<strong>de</strong>r communism, the people<br />

were manipulated to believe that their supreme scope in life was the sacrifice<br />

for the best of all of them, no critical judgment allowed. The direction to be<br />

followed was indicated by the ruling party and the ‘comra<strong>de</strong>s’ lea<strong>de</strong>rs. Now,<br />

it is surprising that, even <strong>de</strong>ca<strong>de</strong>s after the falling of communism, a<br />

significant part of the individuals educated and grown-up in the middle of<br />

totalitarian régimes, still nurture nostalgic feelings for the years when they<br />

had to ‘give their best’ for the progress of society (i.e. to perform the<br />

sacrificial behavior in favor of the red bourgeoisie manipulating them). This<br />

strange contradiction still makes the subject of many <strong>de</strong>bates as, for instance,<br />

is discussed in the following article.<br />

Key words: post-communism, sacrifice, mythology, manipulation,<br />

Popper, criticism.<br />

Una din temele favorite ale discursului politic în epoca<br />

„socialismului multilateral <strong>de</strong>zvoltat” din România era aceea a făuririi<br />

„omului nou” (o i<strong>de</strong>e cu evi<strong>de</strong>ntă tentă utopică), sursă şi garant al<br />

edificării cu succes pe tărâm autohton a proiectului celei mai bune şi<br />

mai drepte orânduiri sociale pe care a cunoscut-o vreodată umanitatea.<br />

Asumarea acestei misiuni extraordinare era, însă, minată <strong>de</strong> tot<br />

felul <strong>de</strong> dificultăţi şi contradicţii fundamentale, pe care diriguitorii<br />

comunişti le minimalizau în discursuri triumfaliste menite să<br />

însufleţească masele <strong>de</strong> oameni ai muncii spre a se „înnoi”, aşa cum le<br />

cereau documentele <strong>de</strong> partid.<br />

*** Cunoaştere, <strong>Interes</strong>, <strong>Responsabilitate</strong>¸ Vasile MARIAN (coord.), Edit.<br />

„Argonaut”, Cluj-Napoca, 2010, p. 171–178

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