Vasile Conta (; hy, Վասիլե Գրիգորեիի Կոնտա (Գոնտա); November 15, 1845 – April 21, 1882) was a
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...
n philosopher, poet, and politician.
He was born in
Ghindăoani, a village in
Bălțătești commune,
Neamț County
Neamț County () is a county (județ) of Romania, in the historic region of Moldavia, with the county seat at Piatra Neamț. The county takes its name from the Neamț River.
Demographics
Population
In 2011, it had a population of 470,766 ...
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He died in
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...
.
Antisemitism
He was the true founder of the Romanian ideological antisemitism.
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His criteria were no longer those of a socioeconomic nature; they were derived from the "nationalities principle," nationalities as units of race and religion, forming the basis of existence of a state and a homogenous nation.
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References
Antisemitism in Romania
People from Neamț County
Romanian philosophers
Romanian Ministers of Education
19th-century Romanian poets
Romanian male poets
Romanian people of Armenian descent
Romanian socialists
1845 births
1882 deaths
Burials at Eternitatea cemetery
19th-century male writers
Romanian Ministers of Culture
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