The romanian village and ernest bernea’s sociological perspective

The article focuses upon the issue of the “Romanian phenomenon” in the light of Ernest Bernea’s theoretical contributions. The description of the concept itself, the suitable method of research and identification, as well as the peasant contributions to the social universe become, in this case, relevant to the hereby discussion. The Romanian phenomenon is part of a much larger theoretical construction, the one of the “peasant civilisation”, also developed by Bernea throughout the years, that contains a complex and complete definition, clear directory lines (in terms of space and time specificities), as well as a selection of the transformations that occurred during the period of modernity, understood as a spiritual, cultural, social and economical crisis.