THE IMPORTANCE OF ENGLISH TRADE AND CAPITAL FOR UNDERSTANDING HISTORICAL PROCESSES IN THE WORK OF PHILOSOPHER STEFAN ZELETIN

Abstract

The interwar philosopher, economist and sociologist Stefan Zeletin, professor at the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași, has special contributions in various domains related to the social sciences. The merit of the interwar thinker consists in giving meaning and significance to some economic phenomena and events. Subsequently, the valences of events of economic importance were analysed, up to the implications they have on historical processes. More precisely, Zeletin shows us that we can understand the historical purpose of some peoples, namely of the Romanian nation, based on treaties or economic decisions in the international system. The Treaty of Adrianople (1829) is analysed by the Romanian intellectual in terms of the implications of English trade and capital on the Romanian Principalities

Keywords

• english capital
• adrianople treaty
• trade
• romanian bourgeoisie
• historical processes