Raluca ALEXANDRESCU

Raluca Alexandrescu is an associate professor at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest, within the Department of Comparative Governance and European Studies. She is specialized in the discursive analysis of Romanian and European modern political thought, with a strong interest in the conceptual and intellectual history of the political modernization in Central and eastern Europe, in terms of democratization process, political power legitimacy and institutional settings. She studied political science at the University of Bucharest (French section) and at the University of Bologna.

The project

Title: Nature as a political object: discourses, contexts and influences in South-Eastern European political modernity

Selection of publications

Articles, chapters and contributions to collective volumes (selection)

• “Les politiques de l’éternité: Réflexions sur les fondements idéologiques de la Grande Roumanie” (“The Politics of Eternity. Reflections on the Ideological Foundations of Greater Romania”), 2023. reCHERches. Culture et histoire dans l'espace roman 30/2023, Presses Universitaires de Strasbourg, pp. 143-155.
• “Les dix décisives vues d'ailleurs. Modes et inspirations de la modernisation politique roumaine vers la fin du 19e siècle", în Pierre Allorant, Walter Badier, Jean Garrigues (dir.), Les Dix décisives. 1869-1879, 2022. Rennes, Presses Universitaires de Rennes, coll. « Histoire », pp. 373-384.
• “Forme ale identității la începuturile modernității românești”, în Mihaela Grancea, Valentin Maier, Raluca Alexandrescu, Daniela Maria Stanciu Chestiunea identitară și momentele ei (1848-1947). Autopercepții, proiecții și reprezentări (dir.), 2021. Argonaut/Mega, Cluj-Napoca, pp. 21-34.
• “Measuring Time, Debating Individuals and Taking Distances: Approaching Modernity in Romanian Political Thought”, 2021. Studia Politica. Romanian Political Science Review, vol. XXI, no. 2, 2021, https://www.studiapolitica.eu/current-issue.
• “Modernités politiques roumaines face au modèle politique français pendant les années 1869-1879 (contextes, influences, acteurs)”, Analele Universităţii din Bucureşti. Știinţe politice Anul XXII, Nr. 1-2 2020, pp. 19-34;
• Difficiles modernités. Rythmes et régimes conceptuels de la démocratie dans la pensée politique roumaine au XIXe siècle, Editura Universității din București, 2015