Political Culture, Translation, and the Emergence of Anarchism in Romania at the Turn of the 20th Century

The aim of this paper is threefold. Firstly, it discusses the various approaches to anarchist history, arguing that the canonical framework of interpretation, based on political theory and the history of ideas, is limiting. At the same time, it explores methodological alternatives to the canonical approach, advocating for studies informed by recent developments in cultural and social history, with an emphasis on transnational, biographical and relational analyses. Secondly, it outlines some of the characteristics of anarchist political culture, taking into account the role played by translations, print and transnational networks in the emergence of global and anarchist political communities. Lastly, it tries to illustrate the cultural and transnational dimensions of classical anarchism by focusing of Revista Ideei, the most important anarchist publication in Romania at the time.