The Nation as Epistemic Regime: On the Bucharest Sociological School, State Consolidation and Interethnic Relations

Abstract

This article analyzes Bucharest Sociological School from the perspective of state consolidation and interethnic relations. It outlines the constitution of a nationalist epistemic regime linking the Romanian people to territory across a multilayered field of discourse and national boundaries. As case studies, I highlight the monographic action, The Encyclopedia of Ro-mania, and the concurrent development of Hungarian rural sociology. These framed an oscillating policy of inclusion/exclusion towards ethnic minorities.

Keywords

• Bucharest Sociological School
• state consolidation
• nationalism
• epistemic