Dimitrie Drăghicescu (or Dumitru Drăghicescu) (1875–1945) was a

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n politician, sociologist, diplomat and writer. Dimitrie Drăghicescu was born on 4 May 1875 in the village of Zăvoieni,

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. After finishing

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in his native village, he attended

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and thereafter the Law Faculty of

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. In 1901 he left for Paris where he studied at the

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where he studied with

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, Gabriel de Tarde,

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, Theodule Armand Ribot. He also attended the lectures organized by the

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. On 17 May 1904 he obtained his

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. In 1905 he was appointed

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of Sociology at the University of Bucharest. During World War I, from 1916 to 1918 he lived in France where he was active in promoting the ideas of a national Romanian state. On 9–12 April 1918 he attended the "Congress of Nationalities" in Rome with Nicolae Lupu and Simion Mândrescu, as members of the group supporting the right of Romanians to a state within their national ethnic borders and demanding the recognition of Romania as a cobelligerent country. From 1934 to 1936 he was minister plenipotentiary in

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. He is said to have committed suicide on 14 September 1945. However, some Romanians believe he was murdered by some members of the Communist Party.

Works

* Din psihologia poporului român - Bucharest, 1907 (republished in Editura Albatros, 1996 )

References

* Istoria Transilvaniei, Vol.2, Editura Gh. Bariţiu, Cluj, 1997 * Sociologia - ca disciplina de studiu, institutie si profesi

* Potra, George G. - ''Reacţii necunoscute la demiterea lui Titulescu 29 August 1936: O "mazilire perfidă"'' - Magazin Istoric, 1998, Nr. 6 Romanian diplomats Romanian philosophers Romanian sociologists Romanian writers People from Vâlcea County Suicides in Romania 1875 births 1945 deaths Romanian politicians who committed suicide 1945 suicides {{Europe-sociologist-stub