Prof. univ. dr. Dan Dungaciu: Is not about the past, but about the present, about what we are as compared to what we were

The retrospective view is neither past-ridden, nor even nostalgic. It is just a mirror set in front of the contemporaries, so that they can get a better view of themselves and more adequately measure their performances or failures. The past becomes an area of empowerment of the present, and the illustrious figures of the 100-year-ago astral moments become true moral innovators. It is in relation to THEM that we need to define OURSELVES. Hence the crucial importance of assuming the Centenary. Because this is not about the past, but about the present, about what we are as compared to what we were, about what we could have been, but were not able , The silence kept over 1918 does by no means measure the irrelevance of the events of a century ago, but the lack of greatness of today’s elites, political or otherwise. The centenary needs to have a curative role above all.