Gusti’s Monograph of the Nation, a Model for the Encyclopaedia of Romania (1938-1943)
The Encyclopaedia of Romania (1938-1943), an illustrative work of the Romanian spirituality, is ascribed to the sphere of influence of the Bucharest School of Sociology due to its initiative “father”, Dimitrie Gusti, professor and founder of the school, as well as due to the model of the sociological communities’ monograph which it followed. The imprint of the Gusti school of monographs was powerful enough in order to influence the motivation for the elaboration of the Encyclopaedia of Romania – its theoretical and methodological orientation, the solutions agreed for problems identification and solving, the negotiations of the different points of view, the overcoming of the obstacles encountered during the approach, etc. In the following article the author lists some relevant aspects showing how the system of Gusti’s school of sociology decisively influenced the identity of the Encyclopaedia of Romania.
Keywords: Encyclopaedia of Romania, The Bucharest school of sociology, Dimitrie Gusti, theoretical and methodological orientation