Abstract

While some cultures have established a long tradition of theoretical thinking, Romanian culture appears to have an innate resistance to theory and to the standards of what is usually considered to be the proper way of theorizing. This paper tries to demonstrate the hypothesis shown above by analyzing the case of postmodernism related theories within the Romanian cultural environment. More precisely, we have focused our attention on what is considered to be one of the most relevant works on Romanian postmodernism, the homonymous book belonging to the almost unanimously acclaimed Mircea Cărtărescu. Through a very short demonstration of the flaws existent in the approach taken on by mr. Cărtărescu I will try to make a relevant point on all Romanian theories on postmodernism, and – on a larger scale – on the Romanian vision of what a well-designed theory in the field of the humanities is.