Gabriel Liiceanu

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Gabriel Liiceanu

Gabriel Liiceanu (born May 23, 1942 in Râmnicu Vâlcea , Romania ) is a Romanian philosopher and writer .

Life

Gabriel Liiceanu and Andrei Pleșu

Liiceanu studied philosophy (state examination in 1965) and classical languages (state examination in 1973) in Bucharest . In 1976 he received his doctorate on the subject of "Tragicul. O fenomenologie a limitei şi depăşirii" ("The tragic. A phenomenology of limitation and overtaking"). Between 1965 and 1975 he worked as a researcher at the Institute of Philosophy, from 1975 to 1989 at the Institute of Art History of the Romanian Academy of Sciences. 1982–1984 Liiceanu was a fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

Liiceanu has been director of the Humanitas publishing house in Bucharest since 1990, professor at the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Bucharest since 1992, and president of the Romanian Publishers Association since 1999. He is a close friend of Andrei Pleșu , both were students of Constantin Noica , the Romanian philosopher who founded and directed a kind of elite school in Păltiniș near Sibiu in Romania.

He translated works by Plato , David of Armenia and Martin Heidegger into Romanian.

Liiceanu's thinking was mainly influenced by the philosophy of life and phenomenology. He has developed his own style that combines autobiography and philosophy. His autobiographical work "Jurnalul de la Pāltiniş" ("The Diary of Pāltiniş"), in which he describes the encounters with Noica and his closest students, was a bestseller in communist Romania (around 60,000 copies have been sold to date) and was ins Translated into English, French, Polish and Swedish.

Awards

Works

Romanian language books

  • Tragicul. O fenomenologie a limitei şi depăşirii / The tragic. A phenomenology of the border and crossing, Bucharest, Univers, 1975 (Humanitas, 2nd ed. 1993)
  • Încercare în politropia omului şi a culturii / Introduction to the polytropy of man and culture, Bucharest, Cartea Românească, 1981
  • Jurnalul de la Păltiniş / The Diary of Păltiniş, Bucharest, Cartea Românească, 1983 (4th edition 2005)
  • Dialoguri de seară / Evening Talks, Bucharest, Harisma, 1991 (in collaboration)
  • Cearta cu filozofia / The dispute with philosophy, Bucharest, Humanitas, 1992
  • Apel către lichele / Appeal to the Shameless, Bucharest, Humanitas, 1992
  • Despre limită / Across the border, Bucharest, Humanitas, 1994
  • Itinerariile unei vieţi: EM Cioran - Apocalipsa după Cioran / Paths of a Life: EM Cioran - The Apocalypse according to Cioran, Bucharest, Humanitas, 1995 (2012)
  • Declaraţie de iubire / declaration of love, Bucharest, Humanitas, 2001
  • Uşa interzisă / The Forbidden Door, Bucharest, Humanitas, 2002
  • Om şi simbol. Interpretări ale simbolului în teoria artei şi filozofia culturii / man and symbol. Interpretations of the symbol in art theory and cultural philosophy, Bucharest, Humanitas, 2005
  • Despre minciună / About the lie, Bucharest, Humanitas, 2006
  • Chipuri ale răului în lumea de astăzi / Faces of evil in today's world. Mario Vargas Llosa in dialogue with Gabriel Liiceanu, Humanitas, Bucharest, 2006
  • Strategii ale seducţiei. De la Romeo şi Julieta la sărutul cioranian, 2006 (Romanian)
  • Scrisori catre fiul meu, 2008
  • Intalnire cu un necunoscut, 2010
  • Întâlnire în jurul unei palme Zen, Bucharest, Humanitas, 2011

Foreign language books

  • The Paltiniş Diary: A Paideic Model in Humanist Culture, Central European University Press, 2000
  • Itinéraires d'une vie, EM Cioran, ed. Michalon, 1995
  • Lectures de Ionesco, ed. L'Harmattan, 1996
  • Lectures de Cioran, ed.L'Harmattan, 1997
  • Apocalypses enligt Cioran, Dualis Forlags, Ludvika, 1997
  • Dziennik z Păltinişu. Pajdeja jako model w kulturze humanistycznej, Pograznicze, Sejny, 2001
  • De la limite: petit traité à l'usage des orgueilleux: essai, ed. Michalon, 1997
  • Le journal de Paltiniş: récit d'une formation spirituelle et philosophique, ed. La Découverte, 1999
  • La porte interdite, Humanitas, 2011

Foreign language essays

  • "Unamuno: Le tragique ridicule", in: Revue roumaine des sciences sociales, serie de philosophie et logique , tome 14, no. 1, 1970
  • "Nietzsche: Le tragique metaphysique", in: Revue roumaine des sciences sociales, serie de philosophie et logique , tome 14, no. 4, 1970
  • "Esquisse pour une metaphysique du 'nostos'", in: Revue roumaine des sciences sociales, serie de philosophie et logique , tome 16, no. 2, 1972
  • "Journal d'un traducteur", in: Michel Haar (ed.), Cahier de l'Herne Heidegger , Editions de l'Herne, Paris, 1983
  • "Reperes pour une hermeneutique de l'habitation", in: Constantin Tacou (ed.), Cahier des symboles du lieu. L'habitation de l'homme , Herne, Paris, 1983
  • "Constantin Noica peut se tenir pour un homme heureux", in: International Journal of Rumanian Studies , Vol. 4, No. 2, Amsterdam, 1984-86
  • (together with Th. Kleininger) "Heidegger's Reception in Romania", in: Concordia: International Journal of Philosophy , No. 16, 1989; reprinted in: Studia Phaenomenologica I (2001) 1-2
  • "The limit and reaching beyond. A philosophical-philological investigation", in: Annalecta Husserliana , No. 27, 1989
  • "Heidegger, the work of art and the border", in: M. Fürst / N. Holmer / Th. Hübel / H. Vetter (eds.), Mesotes. Supplementary volume Martin Heidegger. Contributions to the symposium "Trends and Results of Heidegger Research in Eastern and Central Europe" , Vienna, 1991
  • "Lettre ouverte a Jacques Derrida", in: Gulliver , No. 6, 1991
  • "On Heidegger's concept of 'world' in the 'origin of the work of art'." Art and technology (Walter Biemel and Fr.-W. von Herrmann ed.), Frankfurt am Main, Vittorio Klostermann Verlag, 1989.
  • The Limit and Reaching Beyond a Philosophico-Philological Investigation, in: Analecta Husserliana, The Yearbook of Phenomenological Research, Volume XXVII, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1989
  • De la limite, in Le Messager Européen, Gallimard, 1996
  • Lettre ouverte à Jacques Derrida, in Gulliver, Revue littéraire, no. 6, 1991
  • Le dernier entretien, in: Lectures de Ionesco, ed. by Norbert Dodille, Marie-France Ionesco and Gabriel Liiceanu
  • Két stácio Noica útján, in Holmi, Budapest, 1998
  • E Ionesco - G Liiceanu, L'ultima intervista, in: E. Ionesco. L'Assurdo e la speranza. Testi e dipinti inediti, Guaraldi, Rimini, 1994
  • La mort de Cioran, in: La Nouvelle Revue Française, April 2001
  • Further articles in: Le Monde, Frankfurter Rundschau, Esprit, La Nouvelle Revue Française

Essays and newspaper articles in Romanian

  • “Sebastian, mon frère” [“Sebastian, my brother”], in: Revista 22, Bucharest, No. 17 (375), April – May 1997, pp. 10–11
  • “Eseu despre sărut” [“Essay on the kiss”], in: Revista 22, Bucharest, No. 21, May 1999, pp. 10-12
  • "Elements pentru o dramă" ["Elements for a drama"], in: Revista 22, No. 10, March 1999, pp. 12-13
  • “Provocarea lui Noica”, [“The Challenge of Noica”], in: Revista 22, Bucharest, No. 30, July – August 1999, pp. 8–11
  • "Cele cinci spaime ale electoratului roman" ["The five horrors of the Romanian electorate"], in: Revista 22, Bucharest, no. 43, October 2000, p. 5
  • "Moartea lui Cioran" ["The Death of Cioran"], in: Revista 22, Bucharest, No. 21, May 2000, pp. 10-11
  • “Dans cu o carte” [“Dance with a book”], in: România Literară, Bucharest, no. 17, May 2000, p. 7
  • “TVR - ultima instituţie socialistă a ţării” [“Romanian television - the last socialist institution in the country”], in: Revista 22, Bucharest No. 9, February – March 2000, pp. 6-7
  • “Jurnal pe marginea unei gropi comune” [“Notes on the edge of a general grave”], in: Revista 22, Bucharest, No. 6, February 2001, pp. 8–9
  • “Laudatio pentru Walter Biemel” [“Laudation for Walter Biemel”], in: Cotidianul, Bucharest, Supliment cultural, “Litere, Arte, Idei”, May 12, 2003, pp. 4–5
  • “După douăzeci de ani.” In dosarul “Jurnalul de la Păltiniş dupa 20 de ani” [“20 years later. Regarding The diary of Păltiniş after 20 years "] in: Cotidianul, Bucharest, Supliment cultural" Litere, Arte, Idei ", No. 34 (290), Anul VIII, September 29, 2003, p. 3
  • “Cabana filozofului. Două modele ale locuirii ”[“ The Philosopher's Hut. Two models of living ”] in the dossier“ Todtnauberg and Păltiniş: un dialog ”[“ Todtnauberg and Păltiniş: a conversation ”], in: Idei in dialog, Bucharest, Volume I, No. 2, November 2004, pp. 24-27
  • “Prelegerile din Intrarea Lucaci. Gînduri despre filozofia lui Alexandru Dragomir ”[“ The lectures in Lucaci Street. Reflections on the Philosophy of Alexandru Dragomir ”], in: Idei in dialog, Bucharest, Volume I, No. O, August 2004, pp. 14-17
  • "Editarea lui Mircea Eliade" ["Editing the work of Mircea Eliade"], România Literară, no. 23 / 16-22 June 2004, pp. 20-21
  • “Alexandru Dragomir. Destinul deturnat al unui filozof ”[“ Alexandru Dragomir. The wrong fate of a philosopher ”], in: România Literară (Bucharest), Volume XXXVII, January 21-27, 2004, pp. 16-19
  • “Despre îngeri. In dialog cu Andrei Plesu şi Mircea Mihăieş ”, [“ About the angels. Conversation with Andrei Plesu and Mircea Mihăieş “] in: Orizont, Timişoara, January 2004, Volume XVI, pp. 14-23, excerpts from the lecture of December 10, 2003, given in the Aula Magna of the University of Timişoara
  • “Prima exegeză autentică din România a unui gânditor modern” [“The first real exegesis of a modern philosopher in Romania”], in: Idei în dialog, Bucharest, no. 8 (11) / August 2005, pp. 15-16
  • “Singurătatea lui Sorin Lavric. O exegeză, în sfârşit, a filozofiei lui Noica ”[“ Sorin Lavric's loneliness. Finally an exegesis of Noica's philosophy ”], in: Idei în dialog, Volume II, no. 9 (12) / septembrie 2005, pp. 13-14.
  • "Trecerea lui Vargas Llosa prin Romania", ["Vargas Llosas Romania trip"] in: România Literară, Bucharest, No. 41 / 19. – 25. October 2005, p. 3
  • "Un seminar despre presocratici in 1948 sau Ce se poate face cind comunismul vine la putere" ["A seminar on the pre-Socratics in 1948 or what can be done when communism comes to power"], in: Dilemateca, Bucharest, Volume I, No. 3, iulie 2006, pp. 78–80
  • "Absenţa lui Horia Bernea" ["The absence of Horia Bernea"], in: România Literară, Bucharest, no. 25, June 2006, pp. 14-15
  • “Umbra parintelui Marchis la Cozia” [“Pastor's Marchiş shadow near Cozia”], in: Cotidianul, Bucharest, September 3, 2006, p. 4
  • "Spovedania lui Steinhardt" ["Steinhardts Beichte"], in: Dilemateca, no. 1/2006, p. 60
  • “Trei handicapuri ale comunicării culturale” [“Three obstacles to cultural exchange”], in: Revista 22, Bucharest no. 840 / 11-17 aprilie 2006, pp. 10-11
  • “Noica si Securitatea” [“Noica and the Securitate”], in: Idei in dialog, Bucharest, Year III, No. 9 (24), September 2006, pp. 32–35

Interviews

  • “Comunismul, irealitatea unei grozăvii istorice” [“Communism, the unreality of a historical cruelty”], Interview, in: Vineri, Bucharest, No. 9, Year II, July 1999, p. 7
  • "Accesul la dosarele Securitatii" ["Access to the archives of the Securitate"], Interview, in: Revista 22, Bucharest, No. 7 (365), February 1997, pp. 8–9
  • "Voi incerca sa-i fac dreptate lui Noica" ["I will try to do Noica justice"], Interview, in: Independent, Bucharest, May 12, 2003, p. 4
  • “Oamenii nu mai recunosc nevoia de elită. Poate nu-şi dah seama exact la ce-i bună ”[“ It is no longer recognized that we need an elite. Perhaps people cannot understand exactly what it is capable of ”], in: Cotidianul, Supliment cultural“ Litere, Arte, Idei ”, No. 3 (259), Year VIII, January 20, 2003, pp. 4-5, interview broadcast by Radio Free Europe
  • “Dialog cu Walter Biemel” [“Conversation with Walter Biemel”], in: Revista 22, Bucharest, No. 688, Year XIV, 2003, p. 11
  • “Ce înseamnă al fi tradat pe Noica?” [“What does it mean to have betrayed Noica?”], Interview, in: Orizont, Timisoara, No. 4, (1447), April 2003 (excerpts from the cultural program “A cincea roata "[" The fifth wheel "]), December 7, 2002, pp. 10-11
  • “Trebuie o generaţie spălată de o istorie încărcată”, [“We need a generation that has purified itself from the burdens of history”], Interview, in: Evenimentul Zilei, Bucharest, December 8, 2003, no. 3579, p. 9
  • “Trebuie să crezi in valorile pe care le pune în circulaţie o carte” [“One must believe in the values ​​that are propagated by a book”], interview, in: Cuvantul, Bucharest, year XI (XVI), no. 11 (341), November 2005, pp. 7-8
  • “Sint deţinătorul unei experienţe unice. Gabriel Liiceanu in Dialogue with Jan Guillou ”[“ I have a unique experience. Gabriel Liiceanu in dialogue with Jan Guillou ”], in: România Literară, (Bucharest) 19 / 18-24 may, 2005, pp. 8–9
  • "Trăiesc atîta vreme cît mă indignez" ["I live as long as I am indignant"], Interview, I, Observator cultural, no. 45-46 (302-303), 12-18 January 2006, pp. 9-10, continued No. 47 (304), 19-25 January 2006, pp. 6-7

Translations

  • David the Armenian, Introducere în filozofie / Introduction to Philosophy, Bucharest, Academic Publishing House, 1977
  • Platon, Hippias Maior, Euthydemos, Phaidros, in: Platon, Opere / Complete Works, Vol. 2, 3, 4, Bucharest, Ed. Ştiinţifică, 1976-1978-1980
  • Martin Heidegger, The Origin of the Artwork, Bucharest, Univers, 1982 (2nd edition Humanitas, 1995) (in collaboration)
  • Martin Heidegger, Wegmarken, Bucharest, Politischer Verlag, 1987 (in collaboration)
  • Martin Heidegger, Introduction to Metaphysics, Bucharest, Humanitas, 1999 (in collaboration)
  • Martin Heidegger, Being and Time, Bucharest, 2003 (in collaboration)
  • EM Cioran, Ţara mea / Mon pays, Bucharest, Humanitas, 1996

editor

  • Epistolar / Correspondence on "The Diary of Păltiniş", Bucureşti, Cartea Românească, 1988 (Humanitas, 19962)
  • Alexandru Dragomir, Cinci plecări din prezent / Five ways of leaving the present, Bucharest, Humanitas, 2005
  • Constantin Noica, Jurnal de idei / Denktagebuch, Bucharest, Humanitas, 1990
  • Constantin Noica, Eseuri de duminică / Sunday essays, Bucharest, Humanitas, 1992
  • Constantin Noica, Introducere la miracolul eminescian / Introduction to the wonderful Eminescu, Bucharest, Humanitas, 1992 (20032)
  • Constantin Noica, Simple introduceri la bunătatea timpului nostru / Simple introductions to the goodness of our time, Bucharest, Humanitas, 1992
  • Emil Cioran, Despre neajunsul de a te fi născut / On the disadvantage of being born, Bucharest, Humanitas, 1995
  • Alexandru Dragomir, Crase banalităţi metafizice / Krasse metaphysical platitudes, Bucharest, Humanitas, 2004

Audio books

  • Ușa interzisă , 2003
  • Noica , 2003 , together with Andrei Pleșu
  • Apel către lichele , 2006
  • Declarație de iubire , 2006
  • Sebastian, mon frère. Scrisoare către un frate mai mare , 2006
  • Strategii ale seducției. De la Romeo și Julieta la sărutul cioranian , 2006

Movies and TV shows

  • Eugène Ionesco , 1991
  • Exercițiu de admirație (in collaboration), 1992
  • Apocalipsa după Cioran (in collaboration), 1994.
  • Altfel (weekly TV show together with Andrei Pleșu ), Realitatea TV
  • 50 de minute cu Plesu si Liiceanu (weekly TV show together with Andrei Pleșu ), Rum. National TV TVR 1, 2011

Secondary literature on Gabriel Liiceanu

  • Cătălin Cioabă, Bogdan Mincă (eds.), Liber amicorum. Studii si eseuri in onoarea lui Gabriel Liiceanu , Bucharest: Zeta Books, 2012 [Festschrift for the 70th birthday]

Memberships

  • since 1990 - founding member of the "Grupul pentru Dialog Social"
  • since 1996 - Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of New Europe College, Bucharest
  • since 1999 - President of the Association of Romanian Publishers
  • since 2000 - founding member of the Romanian Phenomenological Society
  • since 2001 - Member of the scientific advisory board of the international journal Studia Phaenomenologica

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ On the life of Liiceanu cf. his autobiographical books Jurnalul de la Păltiniş (1983), Uşa interzisă (2002), Scrisori catre fiul meu (2008), Intalnire cu un necunoscut (2010) and Întâlnire în jurul unei palme Zen (2011).
personal data
SURNAME Liiceanu, Gabriel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Romanian philosopher and writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 23, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Râmnicu Vâlcea , Romania